<p class="ql-block">编辑：旭东 顺喜 铭台 刊发：旭东</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px;">首先致谢</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>梅英明先生 Jeffrey May</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">美国芝加哥亚洲艺术遗产博物馆创始人</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>汪涛 博士 Dr. Tao Wang</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">芝加哥艺术博物馆亚洲拓展事务执行总裁</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">亚洲艺术部普利兹克专席主任</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">中国艺术总策展人</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>芝加哥亚洲艺术遗产博物馆</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>经典藏品（一）</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">哈图｜整理</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>001</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">AN EXCEPTIONAL RARE ARCHAIC JADE</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">CEREMONIAL AXE (YUE)</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>新石器時代/玉鉞</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Neolithic Period</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"> Length 24.5 cm.</p> <p class="ql-block"> 本件玉鉞，中文稱「鉞」，為古代重要之禮儀性兵器。其特色在於玉材色澤變化豐富，器形輪廓簡潔而具力量感。玉鉞在古代中國文化中象徵權力、地位與威儀，屬於罕見且具高度權威意涵之器物。</p><p class="ql-block"> 器身中央保留一條天然玉理紋路，蜿蜒如蛇形，巧妙納入整體設計之中，與鉞體嚴整、剛直之外形形成鮮明對比。此件玉鉞展現出古代玉工卓越之技藝與審美，體現其在有限工具條件下，對珍貴玉材近乎極致之掌握能力。</p><p class="ql-block"> 由於玉器製作工藝之精細程度，往往反映其使用者之社會地位，推測此類高工玉鉞應為具相當權勢與地位之人物所持有。</p> <p class="ql-block"> The present jade axe is named yue in Chinese exceptional for the richly varied colors of the stone and the simple yet powerful silhouette, and ceremonial weapon. As a symbol of status and prestige, jade yue are rare and authority in ancient Chinese Culture. The central striation, which has been incorporated in the design of this axe, runs almost snake-like through the middle, contrasting strikingly with the rigid shape. This masterwork of jade from ancient China has a timeless aesthetic that blurs the boundary of the past and present. It is an embodiment of the ingenuity and imagination of the ancient Chinese carvers, who attained near perfection in working with this precious material using only primitive tools. As the level of workmanship involved in the creation of jade objects was an indication of its owner's importance, it is likely that the present axe belonged to a powerful person who was in the position t command such a important piece.</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>文献源于：芝加哥亚洲艺术遗产博物馆</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>《鸟兽与礼器》</b></p>