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210 A FINE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'LIU HAI AND TOAD' GROUP
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

210 A FINE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'LIU HAI AND TOAD' GROUP
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

L14.6cm

Provenance
Collection of Gertrude Cannon
Christie's London, 15 June 1998, lot 254

Estimates

TWD
150,000-200,000
USD
4,700-6,300
HKD
36,600-48,800
RMB
32,610-43,480
清乾隆 青白玉留皮巧雕劉海戲金蟾
2026春季拍賣
Auction
Sunday, 31 May 2026 2:20pm
Venue
7F., No.15, Sec. 2, Chongqing S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei, Taiwan
Viewing
23-29 May 10:00am-6:00pm
30 May 10:00am-4:00pm
Contact:
+886-2-2358-1881
art@yu-jen.tw
 

Lot Overview

青白玉質,色澤溫和瑩潤,局部巧留金黃皮色,如日暉灑落,光采流轉。整器雕作碩大葫蘆形,上小下大,雙腹相疊,圓鼓飽滿。藤蔓自頂部垂延,縱橫交織,葉片翻轉生姿。折枝大葉掩映間,劉海高額披髮,面容豐潤,眉目清秀,笑意盈然,神情活潑。身著交領布衣,體態圓厚,側首扭身,雙手牽引繫錢之索,俯身戲逗藏於下方卷葉間金蟾。金蟾三足,軀體豐腴,仰首與劉海相望,動靜呼應,妙趣橫生,通體洋溢祥和喜氣。

葫蘆自古寓意吉祥。《詩經》載「酌之用匏」,《禮記》言「器用陶匏,以象天地之性」,足見其禮用與象徵意義;東漢以降,道教以葫蘆為「壺天」之象,寓納宇宙、虛實相涵;李白詩云「壺中別有日月天」,更見其承載仙境意涵。又葫蘆形近「吉」,諧音「福祿」,多籽且藤蔓綿延,象徵子嗣繁衍、富貴綿長,遂成清宮慶典中祥瑞表徵。

「劉海戲金蟾」源於以錢為餌引蟾吐財之典故,劉海被視為財神、喜神化身;金蟾三足,吐納金錢,寓財源充盈。本品構思巧妙,劉海與金蟾相互呼應,情態生動;葫蘆形體飽滿,更寓福祿兼至、世澤綿延。諸象匯聚一器,蘊含富貴、繁衍與吉慶祝願,既饒清賞之趣,亦體現古人對美好生活的祈盼與理想。
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