《法貝熱與卡地亞》近距離欣賞兩大珠寶巨匠的精緻工藝

近期親自到香港看了在兩伊藏博物館聯乘 Palais Royal 合作推出的 《法貝熱與卡地亞：異境同臻》（Fabergé and Cartier: Rivals, Visionaries, Mastersmiths）展覽。在 105 件珍藏逸品中，話題之最的是 1905 年沙皇太子法貝熱彩蛋（高 6.3 公分: 金、 銀鍍金、 琺瑯、 藍寶石與鑽石) ，近距離觀賞了那一顆有如垂涎欲滴的鮮豔草莓蛋，實在令人難以相信百年後，這顆神奇彩蛋依舊亮麗如新。彼得．卡爾．法貝熱（Peter Carl Fabergé）獻給皇室的彩蛋之所以珍貴，不僅是極致工藝的展現，更因為它同時承載整個羅曼諾夫王朝的歷史記憶；而這一切故事的開端就是一部浪漫史。

“Fabergé and Cartier are two of the biggest names in the history of jewellery, but the story of their decades-long pas de deux as rivals and innovators largely remains a mystery – until now. Liang Yi Museum, in collaboration with Palais Royal Hong Kong, reveals through 105 extraordinary objects, including precision clocks, jewels and objets d’art, how one quiet obsession between rivals ignited a design revolution.”

“A number of exhibitions celebrating the time-tested tradition of enamel work on watch dials are claiming the attention of Hong Kong collectors and horology enthusiasts. [.…] On at the Liang Yi Museum, Fabergé and Cartier: Rivals, Visionaries, Mastersmiths — which delves into the creative rivalry between two legendary jewelers of the early 20th century — features some fine examples.”

“The Tsesarevich' Egg of 1905 – an Easter gift that Nicholas II, Russia’s last tsar, presented to his son Alexei – is seen on display at Liang Yi Museum in Sheung Wan.”

在香港上環的荷李活道，一場跨越百年的珠寶美學對決正悄然展開！由兩依藏博物館與 Palais Royal Hong Kong 精心策劃的《法貝熱與卡地亞：異境同臻》展覽，為我們揭示了兩大珠寶巨匠如何在 19 世紀末至 20 世紀初的歐洲舞台上，以各自的藝術語言書寫了珠寶史上最華麗的篇章——當俄羅斯沙皇宮廷的奢華遇上法國巴黎的現代主義，當東方神秘的靈感碰撞西方精湛的傳統，一場席捲全球的裝飾藝術革命應運而生。

Yet every story has a darker twin, an attribution that collapses under scrutiny. Placing the egg in a museum turns it into a kind of high‑wire act. Visitors are invited to look, to weigh in on the claims, to form their own opinions, to “decide for themselves whether the story holds,” as Hua puts it when she talks about how the label is written. Velvet, vitrines and spotlights frame an object that is both prize and provocation.