A pale green jade reticulated finial


Ming DynastyThe elongated domed ornament intricately carved with eight cranes and a goose amidst a dense network of foliage and lotus blooms, supported on an oval flat base, the underside with four pairs of pierced holes for attachment, the stone of a greenish-white tone, wood stand. 10.3cm (4 1/16in) high. (2).
|明 青白玉雕荷葉鷺鷥爐頂Provenance:An important French private collectionMarchant, LondonExhibited, Published and Illustrated:Marchant, 90th Anniversary Exhibition: Ninety Jades for 90 Years, London, 2015, no.18來源：重要法國私人舊藏倫敦Marchant展覽、出版及著錄：Marchant，《玉器九十，90週年特展》，倫敦，2015年，編號18Compare with a related white jade reticulated 'lotus and crane' finial, Yuan dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 5, Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Beijing, 2010, no.282; and see an excavated example of a jade reticulated finial, illustrated by G.Fang, in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Vol.8, Zhejiang, Beijing, 2005, p.224. A related example of a reticulated jade 'lotus and crane' finial, Ming dynasty, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2013, lot 265.青白玉質，主刀鏤空，輔以圓雕陰刻，玉料先掏膛中空，再拉絲鑽孔鏤雕荷塘鷺鷥，荷葉連連，錯綜複雜，內外四層之多，俯仰上下九隻鷺鷥穿梭期間，各有動態，無有重複，玉件底部穿四孔，為固定之用。荷塘鷺鷥爐頂自宋金流傳到元明，無有斷絕，可參考一件元代白玉荷葉鷺鷥爐頂，可見本件與之關係密切，見《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇5》，北京，2011年，編號282，頁245。又有一件出土於上海的元代玉爐鼎，亦雕荷葉鷺鷥，見古方編，《中國出土玉器全集8·浙江卷》，北京，2005年，頁224。香港邦瀚斯2013年11月24日售出一件明代鏤空荷塘鷺鷥玉爐頂，雕工更似之，拍品編號265。