湖北随州叶家山西周曾国墓地出土玉龙的工艺研究

Research on Craftsmanship of Dragon-Shaped Jade Unearthed from Zeng State Tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Yejiashan, Suizhou, Hubei Province

  • 摘要: 中国人自称是“龙的传人”,龙是中华民族的一种象征和图腾,从中国古玉器及其玉文化中可以得以印证。在中国八千多年玉器与玉文化的长河中,龙始终是重要的角色、元素和纹样,从未间断。西周玉器是一颗闪耀的明珠,凸显了礼玉和饰玉的文化特征。西周时期的玉龙有单体龙、合体龙和龙纹,体现西周人对龙的崇拜。湖北随州叶家山西周曾侯墓地出土玉器共544件(套),划分为礼仪玉器、佩饰玉器、生活用玉器、丧葬用玉器、玉石工具五类。佩饰玉器的品种和数量最多,有25种(58.1%)、262件(套)(65.3%);21件玉龙划归为佩饰玉器,在佩饰玉器中,玉龙的数量仅次于玉鱼和玉鸟。本文根据玉龙的基本形制将其分为A型~F型共六型,对每种型和式的玉龙,从龙的头、嘴、眼、角和纹饰工艺等方面,进行了详细的描述,展示了叶家山玉龙的丰富多彩和工艺创新。在与商代殷墟妇好墓玉龙、楚地和中原地区其它西周玉龙进行比较分析的基础上,提炼出“蘑菇角+斜刀菱形眼+斜刀纹饰+方头闭嘴”工艺组合为叶家山西周早期玉龙的典型特点,蘑菇角是商代玉龙工艺的遗风;叶家山的玉龙虽然沿用了臣字眼,但是演变出了长眼角线。本研究成果为中国西周时期玉器与玉文化提供了有价值的信息。

     

    Abstract: Chinese people call themselves the "descendants of the dragon". Dragon is a symbol and totem of the Chinese nation, which can be corroborated from the ancient jade articles and jade culture in China. In the long history of more than 8 000 years of Chinese jade and jade culture, the dragon has always been an important role, element and pattern, without interruption.The jade artifacts of Western Zhou Dynasty is a shining pearl, which highlights the cultural characteristics of ritual jade and ornamental jade.The symbols of dragon in the Western Zhou Dynasty include single dragon, combined dragon and dragon pattern, which reflect people's worship of the dragon at that time. A total of 544 pieces/groups of ancient jade artifacts from Zeng State tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty were unearthed from Yejiashan site, Suizhou, Hubei Province, China. These jade articles were divided into five categories: ritual jade articles, ornamental jade articles, jade articles for daily use, funeral jade articles and jade tools. The variety and number of jade ornaments were the largest, there were 25 kinds (58.1%) and 262 pieces (sets) (65.3%) of jade ornaments. The 21 dragon-shaped jades were classified as jade ornaments, and the number of dragon-shaped jades is second only to fish-shaped jade and bird-shaped jade in jade ornaments. This paper divides the dragon-shaped jades into six types according to their basic shape and posture from type A to type F, and gives a detailed description of each type of the dragon-shaped jade from the aspects of the head, mouth, eyes, horns, and decorative technology, showing the diverseness and the innovative craftsmanship of the dragon-shaped jades from Yejiashan site. On the basis of comparative analysis with dragon-shaped jades from Fuhao tomb in Yin Ruins of the Shang Dynasty, and other dragon-shaped jades from Chu area and the Central Plains of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the typical features of the dragon-shaped jade in Yejiashan are determined. It is concluded that the dragon-shaped jade of the early Western Zhou Dynasty from Yejiashan shows the craft combination of mushroom-pattern horn, rhombus eyes by inclined cutting technology, engraved pattern by inclined cutting technology, and square head. And the mushroom-pattern horn is a relic of dragon-shaped jade craft in Shang Dynasty. Although the dragon-shaped jade in Yejiashan retains the old eye shape, it has developed a long corner line. The research results of this paper provide valuable information for the jade and jade culture in Western Zhou Dynasty of China.

     

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