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A VERY RARE LARGE GREY STONE BEAR- 漢 石熊
FORM STAND 來源
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220) 德國私人珍藏，入藏於 1966 年以前
The seated bear is shown almost as if stretching, with right leg bent
and the left extended and slightly bent, the claws of all of the paws 出版
curled under. The head is turned slightly to the side, and carved Lubor Hájek 及 Werner Forman，《A Book of Chinese Art: Four
with mouth agape and ears pricked above ruffs of fur. A partially Thousand Years of Sculpture, Painting, Bronze, Jade, Lacquer and
hollowed columnar tube rises from the bear’s back to above its Porcelain》，倫敦，1966 年，圖 117 號，頁 56
head to a rim carved with a ridged band. There are blackish surface 石熊坐地，造型憨態可掬，左手雙腿前伸，右手握丸做拋擲狀，背負一
accretions overall. 管，可以插物。
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
持丸熊形燈座，為漢代熊形燈座名品。《西清古鑒》卷三十八，即登載
HK$400,000-500,000 US$52,000-65,000 有類似本拍品造型之「唐飛熊表座」青銅燈座一件，以周文王夢飛熊而
得姜子牙之典故為名，原件現藏國立故宮博物院，館方斷代為漢代，參
PROVENANCE
A German private collection, acquired prior to 1966 見《宮廷之雅——清代仿古及畫意玉器特展圖錄》，台北，1997 年，頁
70-71，圖版 8（圖一）。乾隆帝御製白玉同類器一件，器背刻「大清乾
LITERATURE 隆仿古」款，見前揭書。
Lubor Hájek and Werner Forman, A Book of Chinese Art: Four
Thousand Years of Sculpture, Painting, Bronze, Jade, Lacquer and 同類漢石熊非常少見，暫只知另一相似例子，尺寸略大（29.2 公分），
Porcelain, London, 1966. no. 117, p. 56 造型近似，源自紐約 Heeramaneck Galleries 畫廊，1947 年著錄於《Artibus
Asiae》雜誌內文章 「A Chinese Jade Bear of the Early Han Period」，A.
During the Han dynasty, the bear, which symbolises bravery and
strength, was a popular image incorporated into various aspects of Salmony 編寫，頁 264，圖 7（圖二）。
mortuary art, primarily as the stand of various vessels or furniture, but 熊自傳說中的黃帝開始，經夏代而成為崇拜對象。夏代之後，其後裔一
also seen with other animals and images of immortals in mountainous
landscapes, meant to depict the realm of the immortals. 支遷入荊漢，而成為楚王一系，其王均以熊字命名。秦亡後，漢承秦制，
而文化則源自荊楚，故熊崇拜於漢代流行一時，成為逐疫厭勝的代表形
Extremely few stone bears from the Han dynasty have survived. A
bronze bear in a very similar pose, attributed to the Tang dynasty, is 象，出現在各類材質器物之上。
illustrated in the Qianlong-period woodblock printed catalogue Xiqing
Gujian, ‘Inspection of Antiques’. This very bronze bear is now preserved
in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and has been re-dated by the
Museum to the Han dynasty, illustrated in The Refined Taste of the
Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing
Court, Taipei, 1997 pp. 70-71 (fig. 1). The Qianlong Emperor was so
fascinated by this bronze bear he ordered court artisans to carve a
white jade bear of the same design with a fanggu mark, illustrated ibid.
Only one other stone bear from the Han dynasty is known, which is
a slightly larger example (29.2 cm.) from the Heeramaneck Galleries,
New York, illustrated by A. Salmony, "A Chinese Jade Bear of the Early
Han Period", Artibus Asiae, vol. X/4, 1947, p. 264, fig. 7 (fig. 2). Compare
also to a pale celadon jade bear with a similar pose, dating to the Ming
dynasty or earlier, sold at Christie’s London, 15 May 2012, lot 194.

fig. 1 Collection of the National Palace fig. 2 Han dynasty stone bear formerly from the
Museum, Taipei Heeramaneck Galleries, New York
186 圖一 國立故宮博物院藏品 圖二 紐約 Heeramaneck Galleries 舊藏之漢代石熊