清乾隆 白玉荷塘春色雙耳瓶 Qing Dynasty Qianlong period. Of flattened ovoid form with rounded shoulders rising from a rectangular stepped foot, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of animal masks, supporting loose ring handles, the front and back elaborately carved in low relief with the scene of a lotus pond, the tapered cover with a rectangular chamfered finial, the stone of an even white tone. 此瓶採用圓雕、透雕工藝精琢而成，長方口、扁圓腹、長方足，頸肩兩側飾象首銜環耳。蓋沿及品沿刻回紋一周，腹部圓開光，兩面各巧雕刻荷塘春色紋飾。器型周正，選材優質，器形碩大，工藝繁覆，雕工精湛，大氣磅礴。此件白玉瓶選材大料，佈局工整，又不失俏麗，寓意高雅聖潔，顯示出精妙絕倫的清代玉雕工藝，其大形大勢融合精巧意趣，實為玉料與工藝的完美結合，相得益彰。 來源：紐約資深藏家收藏