A superb and rare jade 'chilong' cup, Song dynasty or...
Property of a Lady
A superb and rare jade 'chilong' cup,
Song dynasty or earlier
女史收藏
宋或較早 白玉帶皮螭龍紋盃
13.4 cm
Condition Report:
Good overall condition with just minor surface wear, especially at the footring.
整體品相良好，器面有極輕微磨痕，尤圈足處。
Catalogue Note:
Jade vessels of this type are extremely rare with examples mostly preserved in public museum collections and virtually unseen in recent markets. The oval vessel with its clean contours, harmoniously worked from a stone with naturally distributed russet inclusions, has an ineffable abstract beauty that would have made it a pleasing addition to the collection of any erudite connoisseur in literati society.
The rendering of the relief-carved chilong dragons on the present bowl bears close resemblance to those seen on Han dynasty jades. See a Han dynasty jade archer’s ring from the Palace Museum, Beijing, where the chilong is similarly worked with scrolled ears, double-bordered almond-shaped eyes, squared nose and sharp two-toed claws, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 188; and another similarly carved pendant from the collections of Christian Humann and Alan and Simone Hartman, illustrated in Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 29.
For related Han dynasty jades on which swirling chilong in high relief create a rich textured surface, compare a jade scabbard slide previously exhibited at the British Museum, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 21:16, and sold in these rooms, 9th October 2022, lot 144.
此類白玉器皿極為罕見，確認為宋代所製者多藏於博物館，近年幾乎絕跡市場。此玉洗呈橢圓形，線條乾淨俐落，渾然一體，帶天然褐皮，靈動有致，散發抽象美感，乃品味高雅的宋朝士大夫珍賞之文房逸品。
有一宋代近例，沿壁稍淺，紋飾如出一轍，見於福開森收藏，錄於 Hiram W. Woodward, Jr，《Asian Art in the Walters Art Gallery: A Selection》，巴爾的摩，1991年，編號20。另一褐皮白玉洗，器形類近，精雕瑞鹿，乃清宮舊藏，現貯北京故宮博物院，錄於《中國玉器全集》，卷5，石家莊，1993年，圖版111及112。
宋徽宗鍾情藝術，治下士人菁英酷愛古器珍玩，整朝風氣崇文尚藝。儒家思想得以振興，美術工藝博雅慕古，對古典之美的不懈追求達至巔峰。本品淺雕螭龍，近似漢代玉器雕飾。北京故宮博物院藏一枚漢代玉扳指，上雕螭龍，同樣兩耳捲曲，雙刻線勾勒一對杏形龍目，方吻，二趾，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．玉器（上）》，香港，1996年，圖版188。另一紋飾相類之珮，先後為 Christian Humann 及哈特曼伉儷所藏，錄於 Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》，香港，1996年，圖版29。
細觀此盃雕刻螭龍風格，與漢代玉雕螭龍形態十分相似，參看一件曾於大英博物館展覽的漢代玉雕螭龍劍璏，圓雕螭龍靈動活潑，頗具動感，可與本盃上浮雕螭龍做比較，見羅森編，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版21:16，後售於香港蘇富比2022年10月9日，編號144。
Provenance:
Spink and Son Ltd, London, c. 1966.
Bonhams London, 10th November 2011, lot 303.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd April 2019, lot 3063.
斯賓克，倫敦，約1966年
倫敦邦翰斯2011年11月10日，編號303
香港蘇富比2019年4月2日，編號3063
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Property of a Lady
A superb and rare jade 'chilong' cup,
Song dynasty or earlier
女史收藏
宋或較早 白玉帶皮螭龍紋盃
13.4 cm
Condition Report:
Good overall condition with just minor surface wear, especially at the footring.
整體品相良好，器面有極輕微磨痕，尤圈足處。
Catalogue Note:
Jade vessels of this type are extremely rare with examples mostly preserved in public museum collections and virtually unseen in recent markets. The oval vessel with its clean contours, harmoniously worked from a stone with naturally distributed russet inclusions, has an ineffable abstract beauty that would have made it a pleasing addition to the collection of any erudite connoisseur in literati society.
The rendering of the relief-carved chilong dragons on the present bowl bears close resemblance to those seen on Han dynasty jades. See a Han dynasty jade archer’s ring from the Palace Museum, Beijing, where the chilong is similarly worked with scrolled ears, double-bordered almond-shaped eyes, squared nose and sharp two-toed claws, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 188; and another similarly carved pendant from the collections of Christian Humann and Alan and Simone Hartman, illustrated in Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 29.
For related Han dynasty jades on which swirling chilong in high relief create a rich textured surface, compare a jade scabbard slide previously exhibited at the British Museum, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 21:16, and sold in these rooms, 9th October 2022, lot 144.
此類白玉器皿極為罕見，確認為宋代所製者多藏於博物館，近年幾乎絕跡市場。此玉洗呈橢圓形，線條乾淨俐落，渾然一體，帶天然褐皮，靈動有致，散發抽象美感，乃品味高雅的宋朝士大夫珍賞之文房逸品。
有一宋代近例，沿壁稍淺，紋飾如出一轍，見於福開森收藏，錄於 Hiram W. Woodward, Jr，《Asian Art in the Walters Art Gallery: A Selection》，巴爾的摩，1991年，編號20。另一褐皮白玉洗，器形類近，精雕瑞鹿，乃清宮舊藏，現貯北京故宮博物院，錄於《中國玉器全集》，卷5，石家莊，1993年，圖版111及112。
宋徽宗鍾情藝術，治下士人菁英酷愛古器珍玩，整朝風氣崇文尚藝。儒家思想得以振興，美術工藝博雅慕古，對古典之美的不懈追求達至巔峰。本品淺雕螭龍，近似漢代玉器雕飾。北京故宮博物院藏一枚漢代玉扳指，上雕螭龍，同樣兩耳捲曲，雙刻線勾勒一對杏形龍目，方吻，二趾，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．玉器（上）》，香港，1996年，圖版188。另一紋飾相類之珮，先後為 Christian Humann 及哈特曼伉儷所藏，錄於 Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》，香港，1996年，圖版29。
細觀此盃雕刻螭龍風格，與漢代玉雕螭龍形態十分相似，參看一件曾於大英博物館展覽的漢代玉雕螭龍劍璏，圓雕螭龍靈動活潑，頗具動感，可與本盃上浮雕螭龍做比較，見羅森編，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版21:16，後售於香港蘇富比2022年10月9日，編號144。
Provenance:
Spink and Son Ltd, London, c. 1966.
Bonhams London, 10th November 2011, lot 303.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd April 2019, lot 3063.
斯賓克，倫敦，約1966年
倫敦邦翰斯2011年11月10日，編號303
香港蘇富比2019年4月2日，編號3063
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