"The Stone in Poem"and"The Poem on Stone":A Lapis Lazuli Sculpture's Transcultural Journey
In 1936,the famous Irish poet W.B.Yeats wrote a poem named Lapis Lazuli,inspired by a Chinese lapis lazuli sculpture(Shan zi)from the Qing Dynasty,and expressed his appreciation for the"Oriental wisdom".However,little attention has been paid to the fact that the sculpture was also engraved with a poem by Emperor Qianlong,which reflects another oriental narrative.Following this clue,the paper reviews the brief and little-known material culture history of lapis lazuli at the Chinese royal court in 18th-century,and how this artistic medium,once widely used in the history of Eurasia civilizations,has inspired unique creativity and imagination in the process of transcultural dissemination.
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