梅花形香盒 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	梅花形香盒
品名（英）	Incense Box in the Shape of a Plum Blossom
入馆年号	1891年，91.1.211
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1840 - 公元 1860
创作地区
分类	陶瓷制品（Ceramics）
尺寸	高 1 3/4 英寸 (4.4 厘米); 宽 2 1/2 英寸 (6.4 厘米); 深 2 1/2 英寸 (6.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	梅花树不是日本本土的，而是在奈良时期（710–784）从中国带到这个岛国的。梅花立即出现在当代宫廷文学中，与丛林莺联系在一起，代表着春天的开始。除了作为春天预兆的象征价值外，梅花的芳香也是宫廷诗歌的灵感来源。早在平安时期（794-1185年），梅花就出现在绘画中，并以风格化的形式出现在装饰性艺术品上，通常只画花朵。从日本早期的熏香文化历史来看，梅花有着重要的作用。几种熏香混合物和熏香游戏都与这种花有关。作为对其气味的参考，李子图案经常出现在与熏香相关的器皿上。这种梅花形状的香盒很可能存放着混合香球。
介绍（英）	Plum trees were not native to Japan, but were brought over to the island country from China in the Nara period (710–784). Plum blossoms appeared instantly in contemporary court literature, where they were associated with the bush warbler, representing the beginning of spring. Along with its symbolic value as a harbinger of spring, the plum blossom's sweet fragrance was also an inspiration for courtly poetry. From as early as the Heian period (794–1185), plum trees appeared in paintings and in stylized form on decorative art objects, upon which frequently only the flowers were depicted. From the early history of the Japanese incense culture, plum had a significant role. Several incense mixtures and incense games were related to the flower. As a reference to its smell, the plum motif was often represented on incense-related utensils. Incense mixture balls would most likely have been stored in this plum-flower-shaped incense box.

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