青銅筆記 vol.44 藍理捷:戰國至西漢弄器袖珍錯金方壺秦人型銅燈 - J.J.Lally, A Miniature Gold-Inlaid Bronze Vase (Fanghu), Late Warring States Period to Early Western Han Dynasty
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此件戰國晚期至西漢初期的袖珍錯金方壺,造型精巧、錯金華美,是藍理捷(J.J. Lally)2003年紐約銅器展覽中典型的古代「弄器」。「弄器」是中國青銅器研究中一個日益受到重視的特殊類別,指尺寸袖珍、製作極為精良、主要供近距離賞玩而非大型祭祀使用的器物。此類器物常見於女性墓葬或精英貴族生活環境中,可能用於盛放液體、化妝品、首飾或純粹作為案頭清玩,兼具實用性、藝術性與文化象徵意義。
SACA中國古代藝術學會(Society for the Ancient Chinese Art)自成立以來,在多篇《商周筆記》《青銅筆記》及《唐代筆記》中系統討論「弄器」現象,例如:
《商周筆記 vol.03》哈佛大學博物館藏商代四足器,探討其可能作為弄器的功能與女性墓葬關聯。
《春秋青銅四足蓋盒》分析此類小型精緻容器用於存放首飾、玉器的特性。
多篇文章指出,弄器反映了商周至漢代上層社會「玩物尚志」的審美趣味與物質文化生活,是理解古代青銅器從禮器向生活器轉變的重要切入點。
相關連結(SACA官方平台):
https://www.artsaca.com/ (SACA學會主站)
https://www.artsaca.com/post/latezhou07 (春秋弄器四足蓋盒專文)
https://www.artsaca.com/post/shangzhou03 (商代弄器相關討論)
袖珍錯金青銅方壺(弄器)
戰國晚期 / 西漢初期,公元前3世紀
器呈梨形,截面為方形,通體以金絲及金片錯嵌規整的帶狀紋與卷草紋飾,四面圖案連續而富於節奏。中斷處飾以一對高浮雕饕餮面,饕餮雙角有清晰脊棱,上覆金箔,極具立體感;饕餮面兩側各有突出環耳,耳內尚保留鐵環殘跡。高挑外撇的方形圈足同樣錯金,飾以菱形格紋。壺口微侈,唇沿呈廊式,飾以相同邊飾。金錯工藝保存極為完好,在深沉栗褐色銅質地子上金光燦爛,器表散布鮮亮綠色銅鏽斑點,相互映襯,富麗典雅。
高 2 3⁄8 英寸(6 厘米)
比較資料
可比較日本著名古美術商坂本五郎(Goro Sakamoto,1923–2016)舊藏中一件錯金袖珍青銅方壺,著錄於樋口隆夫、林巳奈夫編《櫻本中國古銅器》(Sakamoto Collection),東京,2002年,頁166,圖253,現藏奈良國立博物館。
Bronze and Gold in Ancient China
March 24 - April 12, 2003
A MINIATURE GOLD-INLAID BRONZE VASE (FANGHU)
Late Warring States Period/Early Western Han Dynasty, 3rd Century B.C.
of pear shape and square cross-section, inlaid in gold wire and gold sheet with a formal pattern of strapwork and scroll motifs on all four sides, interrupted by a pair of taotie masks with ribbed horns cast in high relief and covered with gold foil, with the remains of an iron ring retained inside the projecting loop of each mask, the high flaring foot also squared and inlaid in gold with diamond-lozenges, the mouth with a slightly flaring galleried lip decorated with the same border, the gold inlay all very well preserved and showing brilliantly against the rich dark brown patina of the bronze ground, with highlights of bright green corrosion widely scattered overall.
Height 2 3⁄8 inches (6 cm)
Compare the miniature bronze fanghu with inlaid gold decoration illustrated by Higuchi and Hayashi in Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Sakamoto Collection, Tokyo, 2002, p. 166, no. 253, now in the Nara National Museum.
























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