California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Feburary 26, 2022  Feburary 26, 2022

 Lot # 3128 
A WHITE JADE 'XIZHI THE CALLIGRAPHER AND GOOSE' RAFT    清乾隆 白玉雕羲之愛鵝槎擺件


  • Dimension: Height: 2 2/8 in (5.5 cm) Length: 7 1/2 in (18.8 cm) Width: 3 5/8 in (9.0 cm)
  • Estimate From: $4000
  • Estimate To: $8000

Chinese. Elaborately carved in intricate relief and openwork as a log raft in the form of a pine tree ferrying the famous Calligrapher Wang Xizhi holding a cup leaning back against the pine tree, inside the raft a recumbent crane with head turned back, next to a bowl with a spoon, the softly polished semi-translucent stone of slightly greenish white tone with minor russet streaks and skins. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.


此器以白玉製成,玉質溫潤,瀅潤油亮,細膩光滑,設計精巧,採用圓雕、浮雕等技法,內部掏空。一長髯老者背倚蒼松,側膝而坐。神情怡然,如醉如痴,表情刻劃生動,左手置於膝上,右手持酒杯,飄飄欲仙,是醉中形象。身旁鵝口銜靈芝,神態溫馴,惟妙惟肖。底部水波翻湧成漩,似在激流中航行,水浪紋層次分明,細入末毫,雕工十分精細。整體場景出自典故“羲之愛鵝”,羲之乃“書聖”,其書法造詣無出其右者。據說他從鵝的體態、行走、游泳等姿勢中,體會出書法運筆的奧妙,領悟到書法執筆、運筆的道理;認為執筆時食指要像鵝頭那樣昂揚微曲,運筆時則要像鵝掌撥水,方能使精神貫注於筆端。 “羲之愛鵝”後來被當作文人雅士情趣生活的體現。整件器物雕刻層次分明,作工繁縟與精細相結合,嚴謹但不失活潑生趣;構圖栩栩如生,主題突出,形神兼備,線條流暢,達到了形、神、韻兼備的最佳境界,是一件不可多得的文房案頭佳品。來源:加拿大溫哥華私人藏家收藏
Provenance: Private collection, Vancouver, Canada