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明心匠治：亞洲私人收藏明治時代精品
THE MEIJI AESTHETIC: SELECTED MASTERPIECES FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION

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A PATINATED BRONZE SCULPTURE OF AN EAGLE 明治時代 鍍銀銅鷹 銘 政常鑄
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MASATSUNE CHU
(CAST BY MASATSUNE) 鷹立於木，栩栩欲活，烔烔有神，鑄造精煉，雕工超卓，鷹身
鍍銀，兩足飾金，雙目鍍金，底部銘款。
Naturalistically cast and patinated with incised details as an eagle
perched on a bronze base simulating a gnarled trunk of tree, the body 著錄
fnely fnished in gilt silver and the legs patinated in gold, the eyes 郭鴻盛及張元鳳主編，《明治之美》，國立臺灣師範大學文物
applied with gilt; signature on underside 保存維護研究發展中心，2013年，頁260。
19æ in. (50.2 cm.) high including the base
本藝術家同類作品可參考Oliver Impey及Malcolm Fairley編，
HK$80,000-120,000 US$10,000-15,000 《明治之寶》，卷二金工篇，倫敦，同朋舍，1995年，
圖版105。
LITERATURE
Kuo Hong-Sheng and Chang Yuan-Feng, chief eds. et al., Meiji no bi
/ Splendid Beauty: Illustrious Crafts of the Meiji Period (Taipei: National
Taiwan Normal University Research Center for Conservation of
Cultural Relics, 2013), p. 260.

For a similar work by the same artist, see Metalwork, Part II, vol. 2
of Meiji no Takara / Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili
Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen.
eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), pl. 105.