清 銅錯銀鋪首銜環紋鼓式筆筒“石叟”款

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英文品名：A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE DRUM-FORM BRUSH POT WITH MASK-AND-RING HANDLES, BEARING A "SHISOU" SEAL MARK 尺寸：D:11cm;H:14cm 銅質，筒形。器作直筒，斂口、平底，上下口沿與近底處各凸起一圈乳釘，狀如鼓釘。筒身兩側及正面高浮雕獸首銜環（鋪首），獸面闊口卷鼻，下銜圓環。器壁以細銀線錯銀為飾，遍作饕餮紋、夔龍紋與雲雷地紋，上下以回紋邊。底內鑄圓形“石叟”篆書印。整器打磨熟潤，銅色溫潤。石叟以錯銀銅器著稱：於紫銅器表依紋樣陰刻細槽，再將細銀絲鑲入槽中，捶打牢固，打磨使銀線與銅面齊平、光潤如一。紋樣愈繁費工愈鉅，銀線與溫潤銅色相映，沉鬱華美。此件鼓式筆筒取狀如鼓釘之乳釘弦紋，壁間細銀線作饕餮夔龍，為文房陳設之雅器。 Cast in bronze, this cylindrical brush pot rises from a flat base to a narrow mouth, with a band of raised bosses around the rim and lower body, evoking the studs of a drum. The sides are set in high relief with beast masks holding loose rings. The walls are inlaid with fine silver threads depicting taotie masks, kui dragons and cloud-and-thunder grounds, framed by key-fret borders. The base is cast with a circular seal-script mark of Shi Sou. With a warm, even patina, it is a scholar's desk piece. Shi Sou is famed for silver-inlaid bronze: grooves are incised on the copper body after a design, fine silver wire is pressed in, hammered fast and ground flush so the silver lines lie smooth with the bronze. The denser the pattern, the greater the labour; the silver plays against the warm bronze for a rich, sombre effect. Here the drum-form pot takes its boss bands from the drum, and the walls carry taotie and kui dragons in fine silver — a refined desk piece.

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