清中期 銅太獅少獅四足香薰

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英文品名：A LARGE BRONZE SPHERICAL INCENSE BURNER WITH LION-DOG FINIAL 尺寸：W:42cm;H:55cm 銅鑄。香薰作碩大圓球形蓋罐式，下承海棠式銅座。蓋頂塑太獅少獅鈕：一大獅蹲踞戲球，頸飾捲毛。器身兩側攀附二瑞獸為耳，昂首張口，前爪抓罐。下腹承三瑞獸足，獅首朝外，爪踏座面。器身光素，皮殼金黃瑩潤，線刻細微。整器碩大端穩，為清代中期銅香薰。獅子自漢代隨西域貢獻傳入中土，被視為文殊菩薩坐騎，又諧音「師」。一大獅戲一小獅，諧「太師少師」——太師、少師皆古代三公三孤之高官銜，意謂父子濟美、世代高官。獅子滾繡球又隱「事事如意」之諧。此類瑞獸香薰碩大端穩，多陳於廳堂，焚香以取官運亨通之意。 A large bronze spherical incense burner on a lobed bronze stand. The lid is surmounted by a lion-dog finial: a large crouched pup playing with a brocade ball, its mane curled. Two mythical beasts cling to the sides as handles, heads raised, forepaws gripping the vessel. The lower body is supported by three beast-mask legs on the stand. The body itself is plain with a mellow golden patina and faint incised lines. Massive and stable, a mid-Qing bronze censer. The lion entered China from the Western Regions in Han times and became the mount of Manjusri; shi also denotes the ancient titles Grand Tutor and Junior Tutor. One large lion playing with a small lion therefore puns on hereditary high office, father and son both holding rank. A lion rolling a brocade ball further echoes the wish that all things go as desired. Such large censers stood in reception halls, scented to accompany the wish for official advancement.

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