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4月 27, 2017 1 min read
您還記得波提切利的“維納斯的誕生”中的巨型貝殼嗎?維納斯被天使吹到岸上時站在上面的那個貝殼?這麼大的蛤蜊,雖然在文藝復興時期的畫作中是幻想的,但確實存在。
巨硨磲是地球上體型最大的蛤類,壽命將近一百年,體重可達數百磅。它的貝殼和珍珠是地球上最白的天然寶石。它也極度瀕危。
自 1970 年代以來,由於過度捕撈(主要用於食品和水族館展示),它們的數量直線下降。它們仍然可以在從菲律賓延伸到密克羅尼西亞的太平洋水域中找到。所有硨磲物種均受到《瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約》(CITES) 的保護。
硨磲產珠最著名的當屬真主珠,又稱老子珠。重量高達 14 磅,這並不是我們所熟悉的那種意義上的“珍珠”。來自牡蠣的珍珠具有珠光般的虹彩光澤。硨磲珍珠看起來像一團不規則的瓷器——或者就真主之珠而言,是一個包著頭巾的頭和一張乾癟的臉。截至 2006 年,這顆珍珠的價值為 61,850,000 美元,如果不是因為它與聖人驚人的相似,那就是它作為記錄保持者的地位。
硨磲的中文名稱為“車曲”,漢代佛經記載為佛教七寶之一。人們普遍認為,佩戴硨磲首飾可以鎮定精神,去除負能量,珠子有時也被用在念珠中。
令人費解的是,如今在博物館中可以找到非常少的硨磲藝術品或珠寶物品,儘管這些貝殼偶爾會以其自然形態(如珍珠或來自太平洋島嶼文化的部落手工藝品)在拍賣會上出售。
本文是天國寶石綱要的一部分,該綱要由 Yun Boutique 每週出版,探索中國古代的寶石及其對中國文化的意義。見 完整系列在這裡。 訂閱電子郵件通訊以接收未來的分期付款。
由 Christine Lin 製作和編輯。由 Ariel Tian 研究。
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