A Chinese Yellow Jade Archaistic Square Censer and Cover

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清 黄玉饕餮紋獸耳柱式爐 The vessel is finely carved in rectangular form with four columnar corners rising from waisted feet. There is a shou character to each side of the exterior below a band of interlocking serpents. There is a handle to either side of the body carved in the form of mythical beast heads, each with loose rings. The cover bears a dragon coil finial with four further chilong coils to each corner. Qing Dynasty period. 本品取整料黃玉雕琢而成，為清代宮廷風格陳設重器，作四管聯體之式，四管相依合一，形制罕見。上方置一蓋，蓋頂高浮雕盤龍為鈕，龍身盤曲遒勁，氣勢雄渾，兼具提梁之功用。器身兩側出龍首耳，套接鏤雕活環，環與耳一體琢出，工藝繁複，盡顯治玉巧思。 器表通身滿飾仿古紋飾，摹商周青銅禮器紋樣，遍刻夔龍、錦地迴紋，器面多處雕琢篆書「壽」字。四連瓶寓意四季平安，壽字紋祈願福壽綿長，二者相合，承載四方增壽、歲歲安康的吉祥意涵，為清代宮廷極為推崇的吉祥陳設題材。 玉質呈溫潤的蜜調黃綠色，玉材厚實，局部帶天然褐沁與玉理，是玉石原生肌理。下配原裝紅木底座，底座透雕卷雲紋，雕工細膩，與玉瓶相輔相成。整件器物體量周正，集鏤雕、高浮雕、活環等多重技法於一體，工藝考究，是一件極具觀賞與收藏價值的清代玉器陳設。可參考舊金山亞洲藝術博物館藏白玉四聯式蓋器，館藏號6209

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