清 青玉圓雕立牛擺件

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英文品名：A QING GREEN JADE STANDING OX 尺寸：L:15cm;H:9cm 青玉圓雕。立牛作前行狀，軀體豐碩，頭部前探，雙角彎曲，尾捲於後。四肢挺立，蹄足分張。玉色青綠深沉，局部帶赭黃沁斑，拋光瑩亮，為清代陳設動物玉雕。牛在傳統文化中為農耕之本，亦喻勤勉堅忍。《易》稱坤為牛，象載物厚德。清代玉牛多作臥、立兩式，置於書齋，取牛勁牛勢之意；民間又以牛為旺財之獸，寄託商業順遂。此件玉色深沉，刀法古樸，體現清代圓雕動物之寫實風格。 A green jade standing ox carved in the round. The bull walks forward, body heavy, head lowered, horns curved, tail curled. Legs are upright and hooves splayed. The jade is a deep green with russet suffusion and a bright polish. A Qing animal carving. The ox was the foundation of farming and symbolises diligence and endurance; the Yijing associates it with the receptive earth that carries all things. Qing jade oxen, standing or recumbent, were studio ornaments meaning bull strength. Folk belief also saw the ox as a wealth animal, naming a rising market a bull market. The archaic modelling and deep green tone reflect the realistic animal carving of the Qing.

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