California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Mar. 28, 2015  Mar. 28, 2015

 Lot # 5225 
A VERY RARE WHITE JADE OPENWORK REVOLVING VASE    清 白玉透雕轉心瓶


  • Dimension: Height: 7 in (17.8 cm)
  • Estimate From: $35000
  • Estimate To: $45000

Superbly carved and pierced, the vase of baluster form rises from deeps sides to a broad shoulder. The waisted neck continue rising to the flared mouth rim. The body is exquisitely reticulated in mesh-like openwork with interwined stylized floral patterns in a separated layer, with the revolving portion underneath, conveying the message of 'many sons and grandsons'. Qing Dynasty period.


在中國的工藝史里,转心瓶通常為瓷胎。以玉料所做轉心瓶極為罕見。此玉瓶瓶體溫潤潔白,光穎細膩,造型刻工極為精巧。以圓雕工藝為基礎,細緻的於瓶身鑽,琢出整齊相連彎曲,而纏連穿插的鏤空雕捲葉,連綿不絕,寓意出傳統文化之 '子孫連綿'之吉祥內涵。其高超的雕琢工法保留了瓶身與鏤雕裝飾間適度的空間,玩賞着得以旋轉瓶身,欣賞玉瓶之美。