藏品介绍

中文名称：铜鎏金寿字元宝

英文名称：Gilt bronze gilt shou character ingot

类别：杂项

规格：一锭，55.85克

中国是世界上最早使用金属铸币的国家，距今已有四千余年历史。发展过程中连绵不断，形成了极具东方色彩的中国货币体系，而其中金元宝更是在世界钱币史上独树一帜。金元宝其外文意思等同于金币，属中国古代流通货币，即熔铸成锭的黄金。在中国货币史上，正式把金银称作“元宝”，始于元代。

不过，早在唐初开元年间，民间就有取其硕大、贵重之意，读为“开通元宝”的。而元代称金银钱为“元宝”，则是元朝之宝的意思，黄金叫做金元宝，银锭叫作银元宝，其既有政治含义，也是对金银货币约定俗成的通称。伴随着时代的演变，元宝逐渐融入到中国的民俗民风之中，成为老百姓祈福求喜盼平安的富贵吉祥物。当下，随着古玩收藏市场的不断火爆，内涵丰富的寿字元宝成为藏家们眼中的“香饽饽”，价值珍贵。

此铜胎寿字元宝造型小巧，呈船形，中间束腰，两端圆弧上翘，精美别致，风格明显。顶部面上的篆体“寿”字自然得体，清晰流畅，棱角分明，自有一种庄重、隽秀、挺拔之感，可见匠师工艺十分精湛，同时也蕴含着人们对生命的热爱，吉祥的期盼。这一篆体“寿”字历经数千年历史文化的洗练，早已成为一种蕴含着吉祥长寿的符号，具有很高的观赏性和收藏性。

藏品铸造精致，造型美观，包浆醇厚，气质温润，工艺精湛娴熟，艺术观赏性极佳，是一件相当不错的收藏珍品。藏品虽然经历了漫长岁月的洗礼，但依然保存很不错，整体设计古朴，优雅华贵，包浆古老，落落大方，具有很高的收藏价值。

英文翻译：China was the first country in the world to use metal COINS, with a history of more than 4,000 years. Continuous development process, the formation of a very Oriental color of the Chinese monetary system, and the gold ingot is in the world history of COINS unique. Gold ingot, whose foreign meaning is equivalent to gold COINS, belongs to the currency of ancient China, that is, the gold that is cast into ingots. In the history of Chinese currency, gold and silver is officially called "ingot", which started in the yuan dynasty.

However, as early as the kaiyuan period in the early tang dynasty, there was a folk take its large and valuable meaning, read as "open ingots". The yuan dynasty called gold and silver COINS "gold ingot", which was the meaning of the treasure of the yuan dynasty. Gold was called gold ingot and silver bullion was called silver ingot. Along with the evolution of The Times, the gold ingot gradually integrated into the Chinese folk customs and became a rich mascot for people to pray for peace and happiness. At present, with the increasing popularity of antique collection market, shou word ingot with rich connotation has become the "sweet cake" in the eyes of collectors with precious value.

This copper tyre life word ingot small shape, boat shape, middle girdle waist, both ends arc up warped, exquisite chic, the style is obvious. The seal body "shou" character on the top surface is natural and decent, clear and fluent, sharp and angular, has a kind of solemn, meaningful and beautiful, straight and straight feeling, visible craftsman craft is very exquisite, but also contains people's love of life, auspicious expectations. After thousands of years of history and culture, this seal character "shou" has long been a symbol of good fortune and longevity, which is highly ornamental and collectable.

The collection is made of fine casting, beautiful shape, mellow pulp, warm temperament, exquisite workmanship and excellent art appreciation. It is quite a good collection treasure. Although the collection has experienced the baptism of a long time, it is still well preserved. The overall design is simple and simple, elegant and luxurious, with ancient wrapped pulp, natural and graceful, with high collection value.