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A SILVER ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A CICADA 明治/大正時代 銀自在蟬
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
多組銀件搥出接合巧製而成,工序繁複。翼、肢、頭皆可活
The silver cicada fnely constructed of numerous hammered parts 動,鑿刻精細,栩栩如生。
jointed together with movable wings, limbs and head, the details
fnely chiseled 展覽
2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) long 「2011亞太傳統藝術節特展-日本明治美術」,國立臺灣傳統
藝術總處籌備處,2011年7月8日-2012年1月8日,展覽圖錄頁
HK$65,000-100,000 US$8,300-13,000 103。
「驚人的明治工藝」,東京藝術大學美術館,2016年9月7
日-10月30日;京都細見美術館,2016年11月12日-12月25日;
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Preparatory Offce of the National Headquarters of Taiwan 埼玉縣川越市立美術館,2017年4月22日-6月11日;展覽圖錄
Traditional Arts, “Japan Arts of Meiji Period; Asia-Pacifc Traditional 展品編號20。
Arts Festival Special Exhibition.” 2011.7.8-2012.1.8. cat. p. 103.
“Meiji Kogei: Amazing Japanese Art,” , shown at the following 著錄
venues: Tokyo University of the Arts Museum, 2016.9.7-10.30. 郭鴻盛及張元鳳主編,《明治之美》,國立臺灣師範大學文物
Hosomi Museum, Kyoto, 2016.11.12-12.25. Kawagoe City Art 保存維護研究發展中心,2013年,頁352。
Museum, 2017.4.22-6.11. cat. no. 20.
蟬壽命長,寓意長壽;蟬鳴得意,象徵歡愉。中國人自古視蟬
LITERATURE 為吉祥之物,兼作佩飾及葬玉。玉蟬陪葬早見於新石器時代晚
Kuo Hong-Sheng and Chang Yuan-Feng, chief eds. et al., Meiji no bi 期,有清高雅潔、再生復活之喻。中國自古有不少書畫家愛好
/ Splendid Beauty: Illustrious Crafts of the Meiji Period (Taipei: National 畫蟬,近代代表人物有齊白石及趙少昂,後者出版《蟬嫣集》
Taiwan Normal University Research Center for Conservation of ,輯錄二十幅畫蟬佳作,享譽甚高。
Cultural Relics, 2013), p. 352.
In Chinese symbolism, the cicada is believed to be a sign of rebirth
and immortality. It also represents lofty virtue and integrity and
was particularly favored by the intellectual class for many centuries.
The cicada is also a popular subject in Chinese painting, notably
by Qi Baishi and Chao Shao-an. The later had compiled 20 cicada-
themed works in his signifcant series Chanyan ji (蟬嫣集) of 1936.