Dr. Robert I-San Lin's Collection of Important Chinese Artworks
Jade fine and warm, showing spring lake green, white rice was at the white room with green patches, slightly translucent, fine white backlight most visible Cuihua. Carving very detailed and vivid, six size Rendezvous vivid, two large dragon statue at the bottom turn jump on top of the waves, a large grain out of the mouth Zhangjuhe Sarah, another spit clouds wishful flower, Dragons a foot caught a big dragon's tail, the other three feet on wishful cloud, like looking for another small orb in front of it. Lovely demeanor. Two dragons climb in respect of the outer wall or neck. It is a medium-sized town sitting dragon statue covered, the left foreleg hooked a finger chin beard, long antennae right front foot caught on the right, triumphantly,Beaulieu on the air quite ancient bronzes. Entire statue carving fine everywhere. Dragon's head has a large nose, sharp fangs, protruding eyes depending forgive, stands the ears, and a pair of double hook horns, all carved out of eleven, after Phi Long Fa, on both sides of the upper body Large Scaled fine scales and abdomen curved, and scales on his back are realistically carved out. Open Alondra also magnificent carved out forcefully. Respect walls very flat plane wondering, is better than a lot of the Ming and Qing Zi Gang card cut in martial arts. The statue carved outsole flip visible piles of wishful clouds and other ornamentation. Fine carved work of incredible, unprecedented. Carved jade carving masters usually just above and around about jade, without a lot of effort outsole. Long perimeter and down the waves explode into more shares at all carved with many nearly parallel to the flow lines, gathering top 缐 curl in different directions again, the performance of the surging waves, dynamic full. This method does have unique carved with eagles law than many waves, have a sense of stand out. Long foot shall tread wishful clouds with multi-turn multi-reliefs carved out carefully. Even better is the dragon's beard antennae, some only one millimeter diameter, nearly uncanny. To this Gao of hollow carved jade fine jade not only to be very good, but also to spend energy Gao hand. This carving process mainly in the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, when China through Economics extremely weak, artificial worthless. War broke out afterwards troubled country, after the Cultural Revolution, Chinese wages increased rapidly, few experts are willing to so labor life. This respect for the high hollow carved jade fine just like flash in the pan, gone, become representative of this era. Precious. With a carved wooden seat. (Dr. California 林亦森 collection, 1960 from Taipei to bring the United States)
(Collection of Dr. Robert I-San Lin of California)
晚清/民國精雕翠玉六龍戱水尊。玉質極細而溫潤、呈現春天湖水綠色、白處呈糯米白、間有翠綠斑片，稍透光、背光可見多數的細白翠花。雕工極細緻而傳神，六隻大小龍都形象逼真，兩隻大龍在尊底部翻躍於海浪之上、一隻張巨口吐出一粒大寶珠、另一隻吐出一朵如意祥雲，一隻小龍一足捉住大龍的尾巴、其他三足踏在如意朶雲上、似在尋求在它面前的另一小寶珠。神態可愛。兩隻小龍攀在尊的外壁或頸上。一隻中型的龍盤據鎮坐尊蓋上、左前足一指鈎住下巴的鬍鬚、右前足捉住右邊的長觸角、洋洋得意、頗有古代青銅器上的蟠龍的神氣。整個尊處處都是精細雕琢。龍的頭有寬大的鼻、尖銳的獠牙、凸出恕視的雙眼、聳立的雙耳、及一對有雙鈎的長角、無不一一雕出、後披的長髪、上身兩旁的細鱗甲與腹部弧形的寬大鱗甲、及背脊上的鱗片都逼真地雕出。張開的龍爪也雄壯有力地雕出。尊的四壁平面處琢磨得很平、勝於許多明清子岡牌的琢地功夫。把尊翻轉可見外底雕有成堆的如意雲朶及其他紋飾。雕功之精細不可思議、空前絕後。雕玉師們通常只雕玉器的上面及前後左右、而不花功夫在外底。龍的週邊上下海浪爆發成多股、每股都雕有許多近於平行的流線、缐的頂端聚集再向不同方向捲曲、表現澎湃的浪花、動態十足。這種雕法確有獨到之處、與許多海浪的雕法比、有鶴立雞群之感。龍足所踏的如意雲也以多圈多層的浮雕細細雕出。更妙的是龍的鬍鬚觸角、有的徑只有一毫米、近於鬼斧神工。要雕成這種髙度鏤空精細玉器不只玉質要非常好、而且要髙手花費精力。這種雕琢的工藝主要存在於晚清到民國早年、當時中國經済極衰弱、人工不值錢。此後抗日戰爭爆發國家多事、到了文化大革命以後、中國工資迅速增高、少有高手願意如此勞命。此尊的高鏤空細雕玉便如曇花一現、一去不返、成為此時代的代表作。彌足珍貴。配有精雕木座。（加州林亦森博士珍藏，1960年代由台北帶來美國）