LOT 8144 A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF ELEPHANT WITH MARK
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Height: 7 in (17.8 cm) Length: 9 1/2 in (24.1 cm) Width: 4 in (10.2 cm)
清 玉象 Carved in the round, the beast depicted standing foursquare, the stone is of opaque mottled brown and celadon tone, feet incised with mark. 大象壽命長久,可達兩百多年,曆來被視爲瑞獸,爲中國古代吉祥紋飾, 在宮廷各種禦用器物上廣泛使用,乾隆本人也尤其喜愛大象,常常運用至玉雕 擺件上。佛教崇象,大象代表修行者願行殷深,象亦與釋迦牟尼佛和普賢菩薩 有關。據傳釋迦牟尼佛前世是一頭象,普賢菩薩則多乘大象。象代表溫馴祥和 之瑞獸,象征盛世安甯與和平,也指連年豐收的象征意義。帝王多以大象比作 天下太平的象征來歌功頌德。 此器不惜用料,不惜工本,用料碩大,雕工頂級,精雕細琢,唯妙唯俏, 極其寫實,活靈活現,手感極爲厚重。玉質沁色深透,局部提油,呈現黑褐色, 深淺得宜,色澤自然古樸,包漿瑩潤。圓雕立象,回首遠望,其身形健壯敦厚, 葉形大耳後揚,眉眼細長,鋒牙斜出,長鼻上卷,造型雍容端莊,曲線婉轉流 暢,肌理分明,富有動態美感,結構嚴謹有度,彰顯出至尊無上的皇家氣息。 足部陰刻“乾清宮制”篆書款識。乾清宮:(乾清宮是故宮內廷正殿,爲皇帝處 理日常政務,批閱各種奏章的地方,乾清宮與政務關系相當密切,也用來接見外國使節以及舉行內廷典禮和家宴。)(參閱 2017 年春季拍賣會香港蘇富比拍 賣有限公司“靈動凝神:長壽坊珍藏肖生玉雕”3305 號拍品,成交價 :HKD 7300000)
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