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Archers’ rings


Archers’ rings, banzhi, have a long-standing history in Chinese culture. The earliest examples, unearthed in tombs 4,000 years ago illustrate the importance of archery, both militarily and for hunting from the Neolithic right through to the 20th century. Even with the decline of archery at the end of the Qing dynasty, archers’ rings have been illustrated in paintings dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, worn by wealthy merchants, members of the Imperial family and even Emperors. With the departure from their practical use militarily and as hunting tools, archers’ rings evolved into symbols of fashion and status. Upon being presented with a jade archer’s ring in 1752, the Qianlong Emperor was inspired to write in a poem that it was ‘fine, virtuous, beautiful and trustworthy’.


扳指


扳指最早被稱為韘(she),漢代許慎的《說文解字》中記載:“韘,射決也,所以勾弦,以象骨韋,系着右巨指。”扳指的歷史可以追溯 到四千多年前,是用於行軍打獵拉弓時佩戴的,藉以保護拇指被弓箭擦傷手指。到了清朝,扳指漸漸演變成一種極為時髦的配飾並象徵權勢地 位,專供收藏、賞賜及鑑賞。尤其是乾隆皇帝對扳指尤其熱愛,他在1752年獲得一枚玉扳指,驚嘆不已,隨即寫下詩作《咏玉》,讚美其為“ 恰以琼琚”、“德美信堪師”,由此可見乾隆皇帝對玉扳指的極大熱情。 本次專場中收錄了六十三件各種材料製成的扳指,其中包括了2件白 玉雕扳指(編號35和36)。


35. A fine Chinese white jade archer’s ring, 18th/19th century, carved in shallow relief with a horse beneath a pine tree beside rockwork and a small hut, and inscribed with four characters which read chun feng de yi, 3.4cm. £3,000-5,000


Provenance: from the collection of Luís Esteves Fernandes (1897-1988).


十八/十九世紀 白玉雕春風得意扳指 《春風得意》篆書款


来源:路易斯•艾斯塔凡•法納得收藏(1897-1988) 20


36. A fine Chinese white jade archer’s ring, 18th/early 19th century, carved in shallow relief with a continuous mountainous lake-side landscape, with a single figure standing on rocks and with a small hut and trees to the reverse, 3.2cm. £2,000-3,000


Provenance: from the collection of Luís Esteves Fernandes (1897-1988).


十八/十九世紀初 白玉雕山水風景扳指 来源:路易斯•艾斯塔凡•法納得收藏(1897-1988)


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