東漢青玉宜子孫銘文玉璧, Eastern Han Dynasty Jade Bi, D.56.6cm, T.0.9cm

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Webp.net-gifmaker - 2020-08-01T131606.559東漢青玉宜子孫銘文玉璧;直徑56.6公分;厚度0.9公分; 本器青玉雕琢, 雙面對稱雕琢, 形制為玉璧, 玉璧區分為內外兩區, 外區上方飾鏤空宜字, 下方飾鏤空孫字, 玉璧中央飾鏤空子字; 玉璧外區區分為四部分飾四靈獸淺浮雕, 右上方飾龍紋淺浮雕,  左上方飾虎紋淺浮雕; 右下方飾鳳紋淺浮雕, 左下方飾玄武淺浮雕; 玉璧內區飾五隻穿雲龍及如意紋淺浮雕; 整體玉璧表面飾游絲毛雕斜線, 本器線條細膩婉轉, 佈置疏密有緻, 不論是刀工或是線條, 優美的程度無以倫比, 本器體積碩大, 內涵豐富, 堪稱珍稀藝術及歷史文化重器. 本器增生晶體古玉跡象十分明顯, 其他古玉跡象有鈣化, 擴散暈沁色, 冰裂紋及差異風化等。(台灣頤和園博物館藏品, 陳明杰鑑賞並撰文)Webp.net-gifmaker - 2020-08-01T131727.332

Carved with pale tone jade, the object is a jade bi with symmetrical motifs on both sides. The bi design is divided into two sections. The outer section is decorated with open work carving of  宜( suitable) character on the top, open work carving of  孫 ( grandson ) on the bottom of the outer section with low relief carving of the four auspicious animals on left and right hand sides. The  inner section of the bi has low relief carving of five dragons and auspicious cloud motif. The center of the bi is the open work carving of character of 子 ( son ).  The carving details have shown extremely delicate and fine tune. Antiquity evidences include additive crystals, diffusive markings, cleaving veins and differential weathering are apparent. With mastery carving, this is one of the utmost important jade carvings of the Eastern Han Dynasty. (A collection of the Peace Garden Museum, Taiwan, script by Prof. Mitchell Chen)