Fleeting Presence, Enduring Shadow: Five Hundred Years of Literati Seal Carving 驚鴻照影－五百年文人篆刻展
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“Beneath the bridge, the spring waves ripple in green, Where once a graceful shadow cast its fleeting sheen.”
— Lu You, Shen Garden
A seal is a fleeting moment of grace carved upon stone; a seal impression catalog is its reflection cast across the long river of history.
From the mid-Ming Dynasty onward, the widespread availability of soft stone enabled the literati to wield their carving knives with ease. Seal engraving gradually transformed from its practical role as a mere token of authenticity into a vehicle for personal expression. Diverse schools emerged and societies flourished; the art evolved from imitating antiquity to expressing the inner self, and ultimately, to embodying the Dao.
Yet, war and calamity have often torn these two apart. This exhibition brings together 340 treasures from the collections of Chung Jam Hin and Shiqi Caotang. Five hundred years later, the fleeting grace captured on stone and its reflection preserved on paper are reunited—to meet you once again.
傷心橋下春波綠，曾是驚鴻照影來。
——陸游〈沈園〉
印章者，是篆刻家留於石上的驚鴻一瞬；印譜者，是歷史長河中的一瞬之倒影。
明中葉以來，石材普及，文人得以從容奏刀。篆刻遂脫離實用征信，轉為寄情言志。流派紛起，社團林立；由仿古而寫心，由寫心而載道。
然戰火與人禍，常使二者分離。此次展覽集松蔭軒與十七艸堂兩家之藏品340種，讓石上之驚鴻與紙上之倒影，五百年後，與您相遇。