清 銅仙鶴一對連黑漆木雕雲紋座

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英文品名：A PAIR OF BRONZE CRANES ON A CARVED BLACK-LACQUERED HARDWOOD STAND 尺寸：W:52cm;H:61.5cm 銅鑄。仙鶴成對，共置於一整木雕雲紋黑漆長座上。一鶴昂首向天，一鶴斂首低視，長頸彎曲有致。鶴身羽毛層層淺刻，翎眼清晰，長腿細瘦，三趾立地。銅殼作青綠鏽色斑駁，古樸自然。為清代陳設銅鶴一對，寓意長壽。仙鶴即丹頂鶴，古傳長壽禽鳥，為西王母仙境座騎，仙人乘鶴而遊。又「松鶴延年」「龜鶴遐齡」為祝壽吉語。清宮太和殿兩側曾陳銅鶴一對，象徵國祚綿長、君壽永昌；臣工府邸亦多陳設一對於廳堂，取長壽之意。 A pair of bronze cranes mounted on a single long carved hardwood cloud-pattern stand lacquered black. One crane raises its head skyward, the other bows low, their long necks curved gracefully. The feathers are finely incised in layers with defined quill marks, the legs slender and the three-toed feet planted firmly. The bronze has a mottled greenish patina. A Qing pair of crane ornaments, symbols of longevity. The red-crowned crane was the bird of longevity in Chinese lore, the mount of immortals dwelling in the Western Queen Mother's isles. Paired cranes, often with pine, gave the auspicious phrases pine and crane prolonging life and tortoise and crane distant years. In the Forbidden City a pair of bronze cranes stood by the Hall of Supreme Harmony, symbolising an enduring dynasty; gentry houses echoed the arrangement in their reception halls.

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