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29 戰國 綠松石玉韘
A TURQUOISE ARCHER’S RING, SHE
Warring States Period 來源：
The circular thumb ring carved with a protruding front and a short 1988年購於香港
rectangular handle emerging from the side, the surface delicately 松竹堂收藏，圖版54
incised with a stylised dragon motif, the stone of turquoise-green tone
with chalky-white inclusions. 出版及著錄：
4.5cm (1 3/4in) long 霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版54

HK$50,000 - 80,000 綠松石，呈前尖後圓的橢圓形，中有一孔用於套拇指，側面突出用來
US$6,400 - 10,000 勾弓弦。器面密集雕由雲紋構成的簡化變形龍紋，紋飾細緻。韘也叫
扳指，為射箭時鈎弓拉弦之用，西周至戰國時期非常流行。一般只有
Provenance: 王公貴族才能以玉雕韘，因此考古發掘和傳世的玉韘數量甚少。綠松
Acquired in Hong Kong in 1988 石在戰國時期亦佔有重要的地位，因此此韘應為當時高身份地位者之
The Songzhutang collection, no.54 物。

Published and Illustrated: 台北國立故宮博物院藏一件春秋時期玉韘，其形制與紋飾可與本器
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, 作比較，見《敬天格物：中國歷代玉器》，台北，2012年，頁85，
Hong Kong, 2011, pl.54 圖版5-5-21。再參考藍田山房藏一件春秋晚期至戰國早期雲紋玉韘，
形制紋飾相似，見鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北國立故宮博物
Thumb rings were very popular from the Western Zhou dynasty to the 院，1999年，頁311，圖版220。
Warring States period; however, only the high-ranking nobility would
have used thumb rings made of jade or other prized materials, making 綠松石韘之例，可參看一件春秋晚期綠松石韘形珮，形制相似，但光
extant examples particularly rare. A related example of a pale green 素無紋，見吳棠海，《春秋戰國》，台北震旦藝術博物館，2010年，
jade thumb ring of similar form and decoration, late Spring and Autumn 頁332，圖版273。
period, is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see Art in Quest of
Heaven and Truth: Chinese Jades through the Ages, Taipei, 2012, p.85,
pl.5-5-21. Compare also a thumb ring of opaque buff tone, Spring and
Autumn to early Warring States period, similarly carved with scrolling
clouds, illustrated by Teng Shu P’ing, 1999 Collectors’ Exhibition of
Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, p.311, pl.220. See another
turquoise thumb ring of similar shape but undecorated, late Spring and
Autumn period, illustrated by Wu Tanghai, Jades of Spring and Autumn
Period, Taipei, 2010, p.332, pl.273.

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