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A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET FIGURE OF 明 青白玉巧作郯子扮鹿
ZHOU TANZI
MING DYNASTY 來源：
巴黎蘇富比2007年6月14日，編號110
skilfully worked to depict the legend of Zhou Tanzi disguised
as a deer, the figure rendered with the pale celadon areas of 青白玉質，帶皮。以白玉雕郯子，皮作鹿皮。郯子作臥
the stone and portrayed crawling on all fours beneath by a 狀，雙手前伸，目視前方，似在觀察。身披鹿皮，鹿皮雙
russet deer hide, the latter sensitively incised with striations 丫角後抿於背，線刻毛髮，神情逼真。
and whorls
6.5 cm, 2½ in. 此器雕作細緻，栩栩如生，蘊含意義深遠，作者心思洋
溢。
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Paris, 14th June 2007, lot 110. 詩曰：「親老思鹿乳、身穿褐毛衣。若不高聲語、山中帶
箭歸」。此器正是二十四孝中「鹿乳奉親」之縮影。春秋
HK$ 200,000-300,000 時期孝子郯子，冒著生命危險，於山林扮鹿混入鹿群中擠
US$ 25,800-38,700 取鹿乳，以治雙親眼疾。
The figure of Zhou Tanzi represents filial piety. This comes 《孝經》云：「孝乃天之經也，地之義也」。「孝」是儒
from the tale of a young boy who tried to obtain milk for his 家倫理思想的核心，也是最重要的元素之一。工匠雕琢此
ailing mother by disguising as a deer so that he could pass into 器，以作提醒。
the deer herd to gather milk.
