田黄产于福建福州郊区寿山溪边的水田中,因呈黄色而得名,为寿山石中最优良的品种,具备细、洁、润、腻、温、凝之“印石六德”特质,一向被视为印石珍宝。自古就有“黄金易求,田黄难求”的俗语,由于多年的开采,田黄石材已趋枯竭,石材价格猛涨,拍卖市场上田黄石价格火爆,一方几十克重的田黄老印动辄几万、十几万元,件头稍大的上品,可以卖到上百万元。此次精选的田黄印章,来自近几年的拍卖市场,从其中的成交价不难看出,田黄印章在拍卖市场中的强劲势头。
Tianhuang is originated in the paddy field beside the stream of Shoushan at Fuzhou suburb in Fujian province. The name came from its yellow color as the best variety of Shoushan stone and the treasure of seal stone. There is a say "easy get golden, hardly get Tianhuang". The Tianhuang mine is tending to be exhausted for long time mining. In auction market, Tianhuang price is highly rush, such as the price can reach dozens of thousand even hundreds of thousands Yuan for one square of Tianhuang seal only dozens of gram. Tianhuang seal in this book are chosen from auction market in the last few years.