Description: 太平有像是中國傳統藝術中的經典題材,清代壽山石雕中尤其常見,以其寓意吉祥也。質地凝結純淨,色 澤古雅飽滿,器型周正大方,章體與印鈕比例自然和諧,再加上通體呈黃中透紅的橘皮之色,沉穩中隱然 有王者貴胄風範,氣質之雄渾超邁,實非一般俗物所能比擬。以田黃製成如此體量的印章又絲毫不見對於 貴重材質的拘謹,手筆之大,顯然亦非普通人所能為之。印鈕雕一象回首站立,象身敦厚圓實,象鼻橫拖 於身前,神態安詳靜穆;一童子匍匐于象背,雙手交疊,頭支於其上,身體橫臥,一副輕鬆隨意的樣子。 大象與童子無論在身體形態上還是神情表現上,都達到一種自然而然的呼應,尤顯神妙和諧。對於大象身 型、象鼻、童子身型、衣紋等曲線的展現顯得舒緩柔美,對於象身的細毛、童子身下毯子的紋飾等細節的 刻畫亦細膩入微,顯然是一件精益求精的佳作。 未谷學派是清人桂馥所創立的學派。桂馥(1736~1805),字冬卉,號未谷,清曲阜人,此學派因其號而 名。未谷學派潛心小學,長於文字訓詁,尤精於《說文》。桂馥認為,士不通經不足致用,而不明訓詁亦 不足以通經。故他於許慎《說文》致力最久。著有《說文解字義證》五十卷,薈萃群書,力窮根柢,為其 一生精力所在。 Elephant as an auspicious symbol of peace is a classic theme in traditional Chinese art, especially common in the Shoushan stone carvings of Qing Dynasty. The texture of this lot is pure and condensed, the color quaint and full, the shape of the instrument square and generous, and the color of the orange skin yellow and red all over. This lot was substantially worked in the round as a caparisoned elephant standing foursquare with its head turned backwards, a boy depicted dressed in loose robes and clambering atop the elephant, hands folding together, the elephant further harnessed with decorative trappings and detailed with naturalistically outlined wrinkles across the body, the stone of orange colour extensively accentuated with red patches. The Wei Gu School was founded by Gui Fu, a scholar in Qing Dynasty. Gui Fu (1736-1805) was a known scholar from Qufu, Shandong Province, specialized in the study of Shuowen Jiezi ('Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters') - an early-2nd-century Chinese dictionary from the Han Dynasty. He is the author of 50 volumes of books analysing Shuowen Jiezi.