戰國晚期至西漢早期
白玉羽觴
成交價 港元 7,560,000
估價 港元 800,000 – 港元 1,200,000
3 1⁄4 in. (8.2 cm.) long
來源
雲中居，台北，1994年11月2日
出版
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，頁307，圖版216號
展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年
羽觴由瑩潔溫潤的白玉雕製而成，內壁沾褐色雜質。杯身呈橢圓形，兩側附橢圓形「羽」。通體光素無紋，玉質晶瑩通透。
羽觴又名耳杯，始見於戰國，興盛於兩漢，終於唐代。實用耳杯多為漆器或陶器，玉製耳杯數量極少，而此杯由上等和闐白玉製成，玉質之白皙通透，冠絕現今所知所有例子。
此杯亦似為流通領域中唯一一件的漢代白玉羽觴。吉林省博物館藏一件形制與此類似的漢代白玉羽觴，1958年發現於吉林省吉安縣，推測可能為漢王朝給高句麗的贈禮，見《中國文物精華》，北京，1990年，圖版109號（圖一）。北京故宮博物院藏一件尺寸較大的青白玉羽觴，見故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《玉器（上）》，香港，1995年，圖版219號（圖二）。徐州獅子林山楚王墓另曾發現一例青玉羽觴，現藏於徐州博物館。
A SUPERB WHITE JADE EAR CUP
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD - EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, CIRCA 300-141 BC
3 1⁄4 in. (8.2 cm.) long
PROVENANCE
Chang Wei-Hwa, Taipei, 2 November 1994
LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p'ing, 1999 Collectors' Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, p. 307, no. 216
EXHIBITED
The National Palace Museum, 1999 Collectors' Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999
Practical ear cups from this period were mostly made of lacquer or pottery, while jade ear cups are extremely rare. The present ear cup is made of Khotan white jade of the highest quality, characterised by its superb whiteness, evenness in tone, and remarkable translucency.
Only a handful other Han dynasty jade ear cups are known, and none surpasses the present example in quality. Compare a white jade ear cup discovered in Ji'an County, Jilin Province, possibly a gift from the Han Empire to Goguryeo, illustrated in Gems of China's Cultural Relics, Beijing, 1990, no. 109 (fig. 1); a larger greenish-white jade ear cup in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, no. 219 (fig. 2); and a celadon jade example in the Xuzhou Museum.
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