A large pale green jade 'double-gourd' washer


18th centuryThe deeply hollowed vessel modelled in the form of a double gourd, borne on reticulated curling leafy tendrils further issuing a smaller double gourd, the veins of the leaves superbly carved in relief, the stone of greenish tone with icy inclusions, wood stand. 23cm (9 1/18in) long (2).
|十八世紀 青白玉雕葫蘆洗Provenance: The Acevedo Family collection, ArgentinaA South-American private collectionMarchant, London來源：阿根廷Acevedo家族舊藏南美私人舊藏倫敦MarchantCompare with a related white jade 'double-gourd' washer, 18th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which was included in the exhibition of A Passion for Jade: The Heber Bishop Collection, New York, 14 March 2015 - 19 June 1026 (acc.no.02.18.441); see also a pale green jade double-gourd washer of similar design, Qianlong, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 10 May 2011, lot 28.青白玉質，白中閃青，玉料圓雕成一大一小葫蘆，再掏膛成洗，枝葉連綿纏繞全身，以鏟地法出葉脈經絡，栩栩如生。葫蘆有頗多吉意，葫蘆諧音「福祿」，瓜蒂連綿多籽象徵子孫繁盛，其形又似漢字「吉」字，故此這一題材在五代同堂的乾隆晚期各類藝術品中廣見。 紐約大都會博物館藏有一件清中期白玉葫蘆水盛可資參考，見紐約大都會博物館，「A Passion for Jade: The Heber Bishop Collection」展覽，2015年3月14日至2016年6月19日，館藏編號02.18.441。另可參考一件清乾隆青白玉雕葫蘆洗，題材樣式和本拍品頗似，售於倫敦蘇富比，2011年5月10日，拍品編號28。