China's seal culture has a history of more than 3000 years. Since Ming and QingDynasties, the development of seal art has made seal art show another peak after the Han Dynasty, and its influence has not declined so far. Seal collection is also rising gradually at this time. Among them, Tianhuang Seal, as the top plaything in the collection of the study, is widely favored by both the emperor and the literati.

 

田黄，产于福建福州市北郊寿山村的田坑，是寿山石中的珍品。由于它有“福”(福建)、“寿”(寿山)、“田”(财富)、“黄”(皇帝专用色)之寓意，具备细、洁、润、腻、温、凝印石之六德，故称之为“帝石”，并成为清朝祭天专用的国石。

Tianhuang, produced in Tiankeng, Shoushan Village, the northern suburb of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, is a treasure of Shoushan Stone. Because it has the moral meanings of "Fujian", "Shoushan", "Tian", "Huang" (the special color of the emperor), and has six virtues of fine, clean, moist, delicate, warm and congealed stone, it is called "Emperor Stone" and becomes the special national stone for celestial worship in the Qing Dynasty.

 

田黄印章是在印章里比较高贵的材料，田黄石与印章的珠联璧合，不仅丰富了印章的审美价值，同时也使田黄自身的价值倍增。田黄石色泽纯净、细腻温润、纹理鲜明、印纽雕刻精美，象征着富贵。

Tianhuang Seal is a noble material in the seal. The pearl combination of Tianhuangshi and the seal not only enriches the aesthetic value of the seal, but also doubles the value of Tianhuang itself. Tianhuangshi is pure in color, delicate and moist, with distinct texture and exquisite engraving, which symbolizes wealth and nobility.

 

田黃石自清以來，以其溫潤、細膩、潔淨的質地，絢麗多彩的色澤和石紋，贏得廣大印人和鑒藏家的喜愛，被譽為「石帝」、「石中之王」。乾隆皇帝大量收藏田黃石，多用田黃石治印。由是，朝野上下竟相購以田黃石製印，田黃石的身價，一發而不可收拾。當時，田黃的價值被用與黃金比較，所謂「黃金易得，田黃難求」。

Since the Qing Dynasty, Tianhuangshi has won the favor of many seals and collectors because of its warm, delicate and clean texture, colorful color and stone grain, and has been known as the "Emperor of Stones" and "King of Stones". Emperor Qianlong collected a large number of Tianhuangshi, and used Tianhuangshi to treat seals. Therefore, the government and the countryside actually bought Tianhuangshi for printing, and Tianhuangshi's status was irremediable. At that time, the value of Tianhuang was compared with gold, so-called "gold is easy to get, Tianhuang is difficult to get".

 

此件印章为“五条螭龙纹田黃印章”旁刻“乾隆戊戌仲秋御题”御赐——印章刻 “和硕怡亲王宝”高7厘米，长7.9厘米，宽5.3厘米，重481克。

This seal is inscribed with the "Five Chilong-grain Tianhuang Seals" beside the "Emperor Qianlong Wuxu Zhongqiu Royal Theme". The seal is inscribed with "Prince Heshuoyi Bao", which is 7 cm high, 7.9 cm long, 5.3 cm wide and weighs 481 grams.

 

 

此件田黄章料石色純正，色澤明亮艷麗。質地純淨通靈，質感凝潤宛若凝固的蜂蜜，潤澤無比，整體裁切規整，四周攀岩着五只螭龙，面容飽滿，圓鼓目，如意鼻，后脑下長須，眉毛凝於額際，頭後生角髭鬣披於腦後，身形健碩指抓有力，脊骨圓凸，長尾於股間，分為兩股，駐目觀望，形神畢肖，威嚴凜凜。而印身則光潔素雅，頗有賞玩之處。章體裁切平直，無甚缺角，品相完整。加之形制方正大氣，實乃意美而石佳之作，可遇而不可求。

This tianhuangzhang stone is pure in colour and bright in colour. Pure and smooth texture, moist texture, like solidified honey, moist incomparable, the overall cut is regular, surrounded by rock climbing with five Mantis dragons, full face, round eyes, desirable nose, long beard under the back of the brain, eyebrows fixed at the forehead, the head of the posterior horn beard draped behind the brain, strong body, strong fingers, rounded spine, long tail between the thighs, divided into two, standing and watching, dignified and majestic. Rin. And the print is clean and elegant, quite enjoyable. The style of the chapter is straightforward, without much angle and complete in appearance. In addition, the shape of the squareatmosphere, is really beautiful and stone works, can meet but can not be sought.