清 銅獅子擺件一對

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英文品名：A PAIR OF QING BRONZE LIONS 尺寸：H:43cm 銅鑄一對。獅子蹲坐，捲鬃高聳，怒目圓睜，張口露齒，頸項佩如意紋項圈，胸前懸鈴。一獅前肢踏繡球，一獅撫幼獅，成對相對。體態碩大，肌肉飽滿，皮色古銅帶青鏽，為清代門前陳設瑞獸。獅子原產西域、非洲，漢代作為貢品傳入中土，《後漢書》載章帝章和二年安息國遣使獻師子。中國本無獅，古所謂瑞獸多依傳聞塑造，遂與狻猊、天祿、辟邪混同。佛教視獅為佛座騎，佛說法如獅子吼，故逐漸成為守門、鎮宅瑞獸。成對銅獅陳於門前，雄左雌右，與石獅制同；清代皇宮、苑囿、王邸皆設，銅製者多宮造，皮色溫潤，肌肉飽滿，是顯赫門第的象徵。 A pair of bronze lions, each seated with high curled mane, glaring eyes and open mouth. They wear ruyi-pattern collars with bells at the chest; one rests a paw on a brocade ball and the other on a cub, placed facing each other. The bodies are full and muscular, with an antique bronze patina and traces of green. Lions are not native to China; they arrived as tribute from Central and West Asia. The Hou Hanshu records that in 88 CE the Arsacid empire sent lions as tribute. Without direct observation, Chinese artists conflated them with mythic creatures such as suanni, tianlu and bixie. Buddhism promoted the lion as the Buddha's mount, the Buddha preaches like a lion's roar, and so the beast became a guardian of gates and homes. Paired bronze lions follow the male-left, female-right rule of stone lions; they stood in palaces, parks and princely mansions, cast by imperial workshops, their muscular bodies and mellow patina signalling rank.

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