Current situation of cultural relics now in the Palace Museum, Beijing
Introduction: length 25cm, width 10.8cm, height 15.5cm.
This jade mountain is made of white jade with yellowish-brown jade skin. With the Moon Gate as the boundary, the courtyard is divided into two parts, the front and the back. The door is ajar. On the right side of the door stands a woman holding a Ganoderma lucidum, surrounded by rockeries and paulownia trees. There is also a woman standing on the other side inside the door, holding a vase. , looking at the woman outside through the crack in the door, surrounded by banana trees, stone benches, stone tables, rocks, etc. The bottom of the vessel is inscribed with a poem and text written by Emperor Qianlong. The poem goes:
Taking bowl materials as raw materials and carving out shapes based on their quality. The remaining water is in the mountainous environment, and there is a courtyard with tung eaves and banana shafts.
Girls are counselors, and craftsmen are spiritual guides. The righteousness is so great that nothing should be abandoned, which makes him cry to Chu Ting.
The last seal is "Qianlong Guisi New Autumn Imperial Title" and "Qian" and "Long" seals. The text says: "Hetian tribute jade was used to make a bowl, and Wu Gong used the remaining materials to cut it into this picture. There is nothing discarded, and the jade is still intact. Imperial knowledge." There is a "Taipu" seal at the end.
This vessel is imitated from the oil painting "Ladies in Tongyin" from the content to the style. The jade material used is actually discarded after carving the bowl, but the jade workmanship is skillful, the courtyard is quiet, and the characters are lifelike. People seemed to hear the two women whispering through the crack in the door. The leftover materials are used, and this approach of taking their natural shape and color to convey a vivid spirit is in line with "those who have power take advantage of it and control it" ("Wen Xin Diao Long·Ding Shi"). This vessel is a representative work of round-carved jade from the Qing Dynasty.