对龙纹剑格

中亚

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 463

帖木儿时期(约1370 –1507年)的一些玉器有龙头装饰的末端或手柄。不过这件玉器却借鉴了帖木儿金器的原型。这件十字护手采用了帖木儿人钟爱的深绿色,突出这只神兽风格化的凶猛。帖木儿人对玉的偏爱很可能源于他们相信玉能起到保护作用,他们对龙的看法也是如此。鉴于玉以硬度出名,雕刻起来尤为不易,因此能在这件玉器上刻出如此丰富的细节显明了高超的手工艺。由于剑刃已失传,我们无法得知这柄剑是否曾频繁用于沙场,但我们可以想见它是一柄曾被用过的剑,因为帖木儿时期最具标志性的活动就是不断发生的地区冲突。

Sword Guard in the Form of Confronted Dragons, Nephrite; carved, Central Asia

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