清 銅臥牛擺件

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英文品名：A BRONZE RECUMBENT OX 尺寸：L:36cm;H:17cm 銅鑄。臥牛一身，四肢屈伏，回首側顧，雙角彎翹，耳貼頸側，尾上卷，鼻間穿銀環。全身肌肉飽滿，軀幹光素，毛髮以淺刻紋表現，銅皮墨黑瑩亮，脊骨處隱露褐紅。造型溫馴而有氣力。相傳老子騎青牛出函谷關，應關令尹喜之請著《道德經》五千言而後西去。自此青牛與道家清靜無為相連，臥牛亦喻老牛自服、勤懇安穩。文人置銅牛案頭，取牛氣之沉厚，亦祝事業穩進。 A bronze recumbent ox lying with folded legs, head turned to glance backward, curved horns and ears laid flat, tail curled upward, a silver ring through the nose. The muscular body is smooth, hair suggested by faint incised lines; the black patina glows, with brown-red undertones along the spine. The pose is gentle yet powerful. Laozi is said to have ridden a blue ox through the Hangu Pass, writing the Dao De Jing at the request of the guardian Yin Xi before departing westward. The blue ox thus became tied to Daoist stillness, and a reclining ox evokes patient, unhurried strength. Literati kept bronze oxen on desks as a wish for steady, untiring progress.

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