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Provenance:

Niagara-on-the-Lake Estate Collection containing inventory from the Royal Ontario Museum deaccessioned in 1969
来源：
尼亚加拉湖滨庄园旧藏，含1969年安大略皇家博物馆退藏藏品

Note:

Objects crafted from realgar, a sulfur compound of arsenic found in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Gansu Provinces, are exceedingly rare, with very few examples in museum or private collections. Notable pieces include a 18th/19th century realgar cup and 19th century realgar figure of Budai, kept at the National Museum of Scotland, accession numbers A.1924.478 and A.1925.414, and a realgar figure of Shoulao at the British Museum, accession number 1913,0408.1. Furthermore, there is a Qianlong mark realgar inkcake dated to 1737 from the Qing Court Collection at the Beijing Palace Museum, accession number Gu00129724-7/26.

Realgar was so highly valued that the yellow-orange arsenic sulfide mineral was frequently replicated in glass. This includes items made for the Imperial Court during the Qianlong reign, such as imitation-realgar glass vases, wine cups, and snuff bottles.

Compare with similar examples from Sotheby's Hong Kong, April 7, 2013, lot 3158; and Bonhams London, November 2, 2021, lot 20, price realised 6,375 GBP.

自古以来，以雄黄制成的器物极为罕见。雄黄是一种含砷的硫化物矿石，产自云南、贵州及甘肃省，现存于博物馆及私人收藏中的实例寥寥无几。其中较为知名的藏品包括苏格兰国家博物馆收藏的一件十八/十九世纪雄黄杯及一件十九世纪雄黄布袋佛像（馆藏编号A.1924.478及A.1925.414），以及大英博物馆收藏的一件雄黄寿老人像（馆藏编号1913,0408.1）。此外，北京故宫博物院清宫旧藏中还保存有一方带乾隆款、可追溯至1737年的雄黄墨（藏品编号Gu00129724-7/26）。

雄黄因其珍贵价值，常被仿制于玻璃器物之中，尤其是在乾隆朝，宫廷所制的仿雄黄玻璃器极为精美，包括花瓶、酒杯及鼻烟壶等。

类似一例可参考苏富比香港2013年4月7日，拍品编号3158，以及邦瀚斯伦敦2021年11月2日，拍品编号号20，成交价6,375英镑。

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/fine-chinese-ceramics-and-works-of-art-hk0461/lot.3158.html
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27340/lot/20/two-exceptionally-rare-realgar-cups-18th-century-2/