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47 漢 龍首玉帶鈎及玉蟬
A JADE BELT HOOK AND A JADE CICADA
Han Dynasty 來源：
The belt hook carved as a ridged shaft terminating in a stylised dragon 東京出光美術館
head, the stone of opaque buff colour, 15.6cm (6in) long; the cicada 松竹堂收藏，編號83及84
carved with prominent eyes, its wings and abdomen indicated by
incised lines, the pale green stone suffused with opaque chalky-white 出版及著錄：
tone, 5.5cm (2 1/4in) long. (2). 《中國の工芸 - 出光美術館藏品圖錄》，東京，1989年，圖版160及
169
HK$12,000 - 20,000
US$1,500 - 2,600 玉蟬雙目突出，蟬身中間略厚，邊緣薄，以陰刻線雕出蟬頭、身和羽
翼，刀法簡練，有「漢八刀」韻味。漢玉蟬在考古發掘品及傳世品較
Provenance: 為多見，人們以之為葬，以蟬蛻殼再生比喻超塵脫俗的高尚情節，以
The Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo 及生命的再生與延續。玉帶鈎以龍首為鈎首，鈎腹飾三角形棱，腹下
The Songzhutang collection, nos.83 and 84 為長方形紐。

Published and Illustrated: 南京博物院藏一件西漢玉蟬可資參考，出土於江蘇省盱眙縣東陽4號
Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, pls.160 墓，見《中國出土玉器全集7》，北京，2010年，頁136。另參考河南
and 169 省洛陽市瀍河區漢墓出土一件龍首玉帶鈎，鈎腹同樣飾三角形棱，見
古方編，《中國古玉器圖典》，北京，2007年，頁285。
Carvings of cicadas are among the most common shapes made in
jade for funerary purposes. Cicadas were placed inside the mouth
or on the eyes, as it is believed that with its unique life cycle, the
cicada symbolises rebirth. See a related jade cicada carving, Western
Han dynasty, in the Nanjing Museum, excavated from tomb no.4
at Dongyang in Xuyi, Jiangsu Province, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol.7, Beijing, 2010, p.136.
For an example of a belt hook also carved with a ridge form, Han
dynasty, see one excavated from a Han dynasty tomb at Chanhe
district in Luoyang, Henan Province, illustrated by Gufang, The Pictorial
Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.285.

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