白玉質,質地溫潤,造形高雅。選用上等籽玉雕琢成茄狀,蒂葉枝蔓繚繞,茄身飽滿。整體工藝寫實,更顯小巧玲瓏的絕佳韻味,令人愛不釋手。茄子於古書《齊民要術》有栽培的記錄。因其多籽,有「多子多福」之寓意。
292 A WHITE JADE EGGPLANT-SHAPED SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY
H6cm
EXHIBITED
Universe in a Bottle: Treasures of Snuff Bottles, National Museum of History, Taipei, 29 August to 26 October 2008
LITERATURE
Universe in a Bottle: Treasures of Snuff Bottles, National Museum of History, Taipei, 2008, p. 83
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