滇国青铜器上的线刻技术

线刻又叫阴刻、刻纹、针刻、鐫刻,它是我国青铜时代一种特有的工艺,春秋、战国时期伴随着多种装饰技术,如鎏金、错金银、镶嵌等相继兴起的同时,出现了一门新的工艺——线刻。它以精湛的技艺,丰富的图案为青铜器增添了异彩。其特征是手工作业,用锋利的刀在青铜器上刻出各种纷繁的纹饰,刀法娴熟、流畅,线条细如毫发。线刻与范铸法的纹饰比较,线刻难度大,技术水平远远超过范铸法。

Bronze wares with elegant inscribed designs have been found in large burials of the ancient Dian Kingdom.These characteristic designs had been popular from the middle Warring States to the late Western Han Dynasty.The paper discusses several issues pertaining to the inscribed designs,including the patterns of the designs,and the tools and techniques to inscribe the designs.