XUANDE INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND FOUR-CHARACTER YUYONGJIAN ZAO MARK, AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)

細節

白玉質，呈月牙形。正面透雕一瑞獸，張口回首，毛髮飛揚，四肢緊抓邊框。背面邊框一側陰刻「大明宣德年製」款，另一側陰刻「御用監造」款。

此類帶宣德年款的玉飾除故宮一例外，未有其他相同的例子，非常珍罕。據故宮解說，此類玉器宋、元間極多，明代較少。御用監為明朝內廷十二監之一，主管造辦用品如宮遷所用圍屏、床榻諸木器，以及紫檀、象牙、螺鈿、玉器等玩器。

屈志仁教授（James C.Y. Watt）在1980年紐約亞洲協會舉辦的《Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing》（漢—清中國玉器展）展覽目錄的序言中引用了此玉飾
（見23頁，圖版3a、3b），他認為根據出土資料推斷，明朝御用監玉器作應設於江南一帶，特別是南京和蘇州。

出版

James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, The Asia Society, New York, 1980, p.23, figs. 3a & 3b

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This exceptionally rare piece is one of only two known examples of Xuande period jade carvings that bear the mark of the Imperial atelier, the 'Yuyongjian'. The other example, also of crescent shape and decorated with a goose/swan being snared by an eagle, is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware II, Hong Kong, 1995, p.272, no. 208. The Yuyongjian is the Imperial workshop in the Ming period which produced everything from furniture to utensils in jade, cloisonne enamel and lacquer. Although many works of art in other media of the Xuande period bear this mark, it is very rare to find them on jade carvings. James Y.C. Watt suggests in the introduction to the exhibition catalogue Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing that the jade workshop of the Yuyongjian is thought to be located in the Jiangnan area, specifically Nanjing and Suzhou, a theory that is supported by the abundant archaeological excavations in the area.