California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 April 2, 2023 3:00PM PDT  April 2, 2023 3:00PM PDT

 Lot # 1254 
A LARGE WHITE JADE 'LONGEVITY' PHOENIX HANDLE VASE    清中期 大型白玉雙鳳耳夔壽紋瓶


  • Dimension: Height: 10 1/2 in (26.5 cm) Length: 4 2/8 in (10.7 cm)
  • Estimate From: $6000
  • Estimate To: $9000

Of baluster form with phoenix form handles, finely carved in low-relief around the body with archaistic phoenix decorations flanking a stylized 'shou' (longevity) character at the center on each side, the cover surmounted with a skillfully carved recumbent buddhist lion as finial, the stone is of white tone with areas of russet tone. Mid Qing Dynasty period.


清早期蒙古準噶爾等部叛亂頻仍,新疆至內地的貢玉道路長期被阻斷,致使清廷內玉料頗匱乏,僅能製作部分璽印及小件玉器,少見大型作品。乾隆二十四年平定西域,在和田設置采玉機構,大批優質玉材源源不斷地進入宮廷,方有條件製作大件精品玉器皿,且乾隆皇帝嗜玉成癖,對玉器加工精益求精。清宮後遺存的數万件玉器,大多是乾隆時期收集製作,其時玉作線條優美,方直圓弧法度均勻,雕琢技巧已達藝術之巔峰。 本器不惜用料,採用上等和田白玉雕製而成,玉質潔白溫潤,溫潤細膩,色澤瑩亮,古樸緻密,質地構造緊密,佈局嚴謹,公正莊重,皇家氣息十足。帶蓋,以子母口連接,合縫嚴密,極見規矩。蓋鈕為獅鈕,獅子傲立雄踞,望天吼嘯,卷尾飛揚,靈動張揚氣勢非凡,蘊含神秘氣息,華貴秀美。蓋身浮雕“蕉葉紋”,紋飾對稱清晰。圓口,束頸,頸部飾雙鳳耳,雙鳳昂首挺胸,直視前方,雙翅上揚,氣勢雄渾,立體感極其強烈。頸部雕琢“蕉葉紋”,腹部雕飾“雙夔龍捧壽紋”,紋飾對稱,雕刻技藝極其精湛,設計巧妙,刀法流暢勁健,線條流暢,寓意美好,沉穩典雅。整器用料端方精良,玉質潔白溫潤,凝若濃脂,刀工細膩流暢,造型古樸厚重,琢刻規整,展現了乾隆宮廷制玉的風範,精工細作,雍容華貴,實屬珍罕。