清 白玉鏤空宜子孫璧

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英文品名：A WHITE JADE OPENWORK BI DISC WITH SEAL-SCRIPT INSCRIPTION 尺寸：L:11.6cm;W:9cm;H:0.6cm 白玉質，一側帶深褐墨沁。體作橢圓璧形，中孔圓正，採鏤空透雕工藝。璧身兩側對稱雕琢蟠龍紋，頂部出廓，上下鏤出篆書吉語銘文，與龍紋交錯穿插，玲瓏剔透。玉質瑩白，沁色自然，鏤刻線條圓轉。此類宜子孫銘文為漢代以來玉璧常見吉語，寓子孫綿延之意，歷代玉璧多承此式。鏤空璧採透雕工序：先在玉片上勾畫蟠龍與篆書吉語輪廓，以管鑽在需鏤空處鑽出一圈小孔，再穿金屬弦線鋸出紋樣，反覆以石英砂琢磨，使線條圓轉玲瓏。「宜子孫」三字篆書與龍紋交錯穿插，是漢代以來玉璧常見吉語銘刻，清代玉作亦常見此式。 A white jade openwork bi disc with deep russet patina along one side. It is oval with a round central aperture, worked in openwork. Two kui dragons are carved symmetrically on either side, and an auspicious inscription in seal script is rendered at the top and bottom, interwoven with the dragon scrolls. The jade is lustrous white with natural russet skin. Such inscriptions are an auspicious formula found on bi discs from the Han onward, blessing posterity. An openwork bi was made by first outlining the interwoven dragons and seal-script inscription, drilling a ring of holes through the areas to be cut away, then threading a fine wire saw through the holes to cut the design; quartz-sand abrasion rounded the lines. The inscription may there be noble sons has appeared on bi discs since Han times, and Qing jade-workers also favoured this formula, interweaving the seal characters with dragon scrolls.

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