清 黃楊木雕隨形樹瘤透雕松鶴紋筆筒連木座

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英文品名：A BOXWOOD ROOT-FORM BRUSH POT CARVED THROUGH WITH PINES AND CRANES, ON A HARDWOOD STAND 尺寸：D:17.5cm;H:20cm 黃楊木隨形樹瘤筆筒。依樹根天然畸空之勢，通體透雕、深雕松鶴延年圖：古幹虯曲，松針層疊，一仙鶴佇立於松根水崖之間，長喙昂首。器口、底隨樹形起伏，下配硬木如意足座。木色黃潤瑩亮，紋理細膩，為清代文房筆筒。松鶴延年為長壽題材。松為百木之長，經冬不凋，《論語》謂歲寒然後知松柏之後凋；鶴為仙禽，傳為南極仙翁侍從，壽者之象。舊時賀壽必畫松鶴圖，取松鶴齡長之意。黃楊木生長極慢，木質細膩堅韌，色如蛋黃，明清以來多用為小型雕件、筆筒。此件隨樹瘤透雕，上承嘉定派竹雕透雕遺法。 A boxwood root-form brush pot. Following the natural hollows of a root, the whole surface is openly and deeply carved with pines and cranes: gnarled trunks, layered pine needles, and a red-crowned crane standing among rocks and water at the root, beak raised. The rim and base follow the natural contours; it is fitted with a hardwood stand with ruyi feet. The wood is of a warm yellow, finely grained. Pines and cranes denote long life. The pine, evergreen through winter, is praised in the Analects as the last tree to fade in the cold; the crane is an immortal bird and attendant on the God of Longevity. Birthday pictures of pines and cranes thus wish long years. Boxwood grows very slowly and is dense, fine and yellow, used since the Ming-Qing for small carvings and brush pots. The openwork root carving here follows the Jiading bamboo-carving manner.

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