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A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘TRUMPET 宋至金 白玉鏤雕凌霄花帶板
VINE’ PLAQUE
SONG – JIN DYNASTY 來源：
慎德堂，台北
of oval section, sensuously fashioned in openwork, depicting
two trumpet vines and smaller floral buds borne on curved 巧匠取淨白籽玉，妙琢凌霄花紋，嬌瓣婉柔，葉脈纖緻，
leafy stems, each flower depicted with long stamens enclosed
生意盎然。比較一件宋代凌霄花紋玉板，刊載於《故宮
within six veined petals with furled edges, all surrounded by
博物院藏品大系：玉器卷5：唐宋遼金元》，北京，2011
lush broad leaves, the translucent stone of an even white tone
8.1 cm, 3¼ in. 年，圖版196，同錄另二件花卉紋玉帶板，圖版197、198
。並參考一件元代橢圓形玉帶板，亦鏤雕花卉紋，紋樣
PROVENANCE
對稱，現藏北京首都博物館，錄於《中國玉器全集》，
C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei.
卷5，北京，1998年，圖版177；巴斯東亞藝術博物館藏
HK$ 300,000-400,000 一件金代作例，載於 Angus Forsyth 與 Brian McElney，
US$ 38,500-51,500 《Jades from China》，香港，1994年，圖版244。
此式玉雕帶板雅緻珍稀，形制圓潤，用以鑲綴衣袍腰帶，
This plaque is notable for its skilfully rendered trumpet vines,
which are sensitively modelled in openwork to capture the 象徵主人身份崇高、品味清雅。縫於腰帶上之玉雕帶板，
softness of the petals and detailed with finely incised veins on 可溯至公元三、四世紀，或取材自中亞地區之金銀製飾
the leaves and flowers. The carver has successfully married 板，融入中原文化，成為傳統衣飾配件，材質各異，玉
a pebble of delicate and even white hue with an equally 製帶板則屬最為貴重者。據《明會要》記載：「其帶：
delicate design. Compare a similar plaque carved with the
same subject and attributed to the Song dynasty, illustrated in 一品，玉；二品，花犀⋯⋯」，可見玉帶飾只限最高等
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Jade, vol. 級之一品官佩戴（見羅森，《Chinese Jade from the
5, Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, pl. Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁326）。
196, together with two further floral plaques, pls 197 and 198.
See also a Yuan-dynasty oval plaque reticulated with a similar
symmetrical floral spray design, from the Capital Museum,
Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji, vol. 5, Beijing,
1998, pl. 177; and another attributed to the Jin period, in the
Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, illustrated in Angus Forsyth
and Brian McElney, Jades from China, Hong Kong, 1994, pl.
244.
A symbol of elegance and refinement as well as wealth and
high social status, finely carved plaques such as the present
example were used for personal adornment and the round
shape of the present piece suggests that it may have been
used as an ornamental plaque for a belt. Belts made of jade
plaques sewn together appeared in China only around the
3rd and 4th century AD, and were probably derived from
gold and silver prototypes that had been in use in the steppe
areas. They were quickly adapted and incorporated into
the traditional dress code and were produced in a variety of
materials, jade being the most important. According to the
Ming hui yao [Essential regulations of the Ming dynasty]:
‘Those of the first rank wear jade belts; those of the second
rank have patterned belts…’ (see Jessica Rawson, Chinese
Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 326).

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