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line drawing of the present lot
本拍品之線描圖
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AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND 西漢晚期 玉辟邪
EXCEPTIONAL JADE CARVING OF 來源
A MYTHICAL BEAST, BIXIE 金華堂舊藏,1998年購於香港
LATE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY,
C. 1 CENTURY BC 展覽
ST
國立故宮博物院,《群玉別藏續集》,台北,1999年,圖錄圖版
The stone is superbly carved in the round depicting a double-horned 151號
mythical beast in a couching position with upturned wings flanking
its body, its mouth agape with a ferocious expression. The stone is of 出版
a pale greenish-white tone with areas of darkish-brown inclusions. 鄧淑蘋,《群玉別藏續集》,台北,1999年,圖版151號
2√ in. (7.2 cm.) long, box
青白玉質,局部灰黑色,沾有少量硃砂。圓雕一辟邪。辟邪,是想像
中可辟除邪惡,保謢生靈或亡者的神獸。雕作帶翼的貓科動物,造
HK$8,000,000-12,000,000 形或源自西亞。由考古資料可知,西漢晚期始見玉辟邪的雕琢,著錄
US$1,100,000-1,500,000 於《中國美術全集—9—玉器》,北京,1986年,圖版171、174號。或與
西漢中期時,武帝致力於開拓西域有關。此件玉辟邪,張口露齒,四
P R O V E N AN C E
Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1998 肢半蹲,雙角微豎,雙翼飛張,似擬攻擊敵方。極為生動而有力。腳
掌下的肉墊,與腹下的雌性性徵,也作了適當的處理。(節錄自鄧淑
E X H IB IT E D 蘋《群玉別藏續集》)
Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, The National Palace
Museum, Taipei, 1999, cat. no. 151
L IT E R A T UR E
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei,
1999, no. 151
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