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fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing Yang Yuxuan was a native of Fujian province and one of the most
（圖一）北京故宮博物院藏品 admired soapstone carvers in the Kangxi period. The style of the
present carving very closely relates to the finial of a seal carved by
Yang Yuxyan in the Beijing Palace Museum (fig. 1), illustrated in Small
Refined Articles of the Study, The Complete Collection of Treasures of
the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2009,no. 253, p. 257, and is undoubtedly
by the same hand. The treatment of the head, the claws and the
braided tail are all characteristic of Yuxuan’s animal sculptures. Another
comparable tianhuang mythical beast by Yuxuan is in the Taipei
Palace Museum, illustrated in A Garland of Treasures: Materpieces of
Precious Crafts in the Museum Collection, Taipei, 2014, no. III-44, p.
138. Compare also thetianhuang mythical beast signed Yuxuan sold in
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 October 2006, lot 916.

楊玉璇為福建漳浦人，是康熙時期最為著名的壽山石雕刻家
之一。本拍品的雕工與北京故宮博物院所藏一件田黃印章
（圖一）上的獸紐雕法非常相似，著錄於《故宮博物院藏珍
品全集 – 文玩》，上海，2009年，253號，257頁，應與本
拍品出於同一匠人之手。此獸上頭部，爪子及尾毛交錯等幾
處特徵具有玉璇獨特的風格。另外一件台北故宮博物院所
藏的田黃瑞獸也可資比較，著錄於《集瓊藻》，台北，2014
年，III-44號，138頁。一件於蘇富比香港2006年10月7日拍
出，拍品916號的玉璇款田黃獅子體積比本拍品略大，也有非
常相近的雕刻風格。

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