清 銅太平有象鈕象耳三足薰爐

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英文品名：A QING BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER WITH ELEPHANT FINIAL AND ELEPHANT HANDLES 尺寸：H:50cm 銅鑄。碩大三足薰爐，鏤空蓋，蓋面滿雕纏枝蓮，蓋頂飾太平有象鈕，臥象馱寶瓶。爐身兩側象首銜環耳，下承三象足。口沿外撇，器腹碩大。皮色古銅溫潤，為清代宮廷風大香具，寓意太平有象。太平有象，又作太平景象，取諧音：象馱寶瓶，瓶諧平字，象馱寶瓶即太平有象。典出《漢書·禮樂志》象來昭其服，又相傳舜有象耕，為太平之瑞。清代宮中大典、年節，御座、寶座前陳設象馱寶瓶，寓意天下太平、五穀豐登。象耳、象足、象鈕集於一爐，是乾隆朝宮廷如意吉祥題材的典型組合。碩大香爐置於殿內，焚沉檀香，與宮燒、宮畫同為殿廷氣象。 A large bronze tripod censer. The pierced cover is carved with scrolling lotus, surmounted by a recumbent elephant bearing a vase, taiping youxiang. The sides have elephant-head handles with loose rings and three elephant feet. The rim is everted and the body is full. The patina is mellow antique bronze. The motif symbolises peace under heaven. Taiping youxiang, great peace has an elephant, is a visual pun: an elephant bearing a vase, ping, gives ping, peace, so the emblem reads peace under heaven. The phrase has roots in the Han shu treatises on music, and in the legend of Shun whose fields were ploughed by elephants, an omen of a golden age. On Qing court festivals, elephants bearing vases were displayed before the throne, promising tranquillity and abundance. Combining elephant handles, feet and finial on one censer is a typical Qianlong imperial auspicious programme. A large censer like this burned aloes and sandalwood in the hall, joining palace lanterns and court painting in shaping the atmosphere.

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