California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 October 23, 2021  October 23, 2021

 Lot # 9227 
A CHINESE OPAQUE BLACK 'TURTLE' INKSTONE    古玉龜型硯


  • Dimension: Height: 7/8 in (2.0 cm) Length: 5 1/8 in (13.0 cm) Width: 3 3/8 in (8.5 cm) Weight: 392.0g
  • Estimate From: $2000
  • Estimate To: $3000

Chinese. Carved in the form of turtle with shell as inkstone cover, traces of red pigments.


此龜型硯,玉制,扁平體,圓雕一龜,刀法簡括,雙目外凸,尖吻,頸前伸,屈肢有蹼爪,作爬行狀,神秘祥異。龜代表長壽和財富,被古人列為四靈之一。迄今所知的最早玉龜是新石器時代,其中紅山文化、良渚文化、含山文化和齊家文化遺存中皆有所見, 以紅山文化中發現者年代最早且數量最多。