[Digital Exhibition 網上展覽] Handmade and Handheld: Song to Qing Dynasty Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio 掌中造物——宋至清代中國文房青銅器

[Digital Exhibition 網上展覽] Handmade and Handheld: Song to Qing Dynasty Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio 掌中造物——宋至清代中國文房青銅器 Handmade and Handheld: Song to Qing Dynasty Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio. The eighty-seven objects illustrate a remarkable cultural continuum that links ancient ritual traditions to a sophisticated literati aesthetic and intellectual life. These bronzes, having transcended their original ritual functions, became prized art objects, instruments of scholarly inquiry, and emblems of moral and political values. Their diverse forms—from ritual vessels to intimate incense burners and scholarly desk pieces—reflect the deep integration of bronze into the fabric of imperial and literati culture. In so doing, many of the plants and animals—mythical or real—carry important auspicious meanings that contribute to the learned culture from which they originate.「掌中造物——宋至清代中國文房青銅器」展覽，精選八十七件青銅器物，勾勒出由古代禮儀傳統至文人美學思想延展的文化脈絡。這些青銅器超越了原本的禮制功能，而是被視為藝術珍品、文人探究的對象，以及承載着道德與政治的理念。它們的形態多樣，從莊重的禮器到精緻的香爐與書齋文房，反映青銅工藝如何融入帝王與文人文化之中。 因此，器物上的植物和動物形象—無論源自神話或現實—大多承載重要的吉祥寓意，豐富了它們所源出的文化傳統。 Date/Time: 01/07/2026 to 30/06/2027 00:00-23:59 Venue: Online Organized by: University Museum and Art Gallery

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