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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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         AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL EARLY-MING             ᒞೣ࿎   ྽⽗צ☾㣅㹪♄↮ᇈ
         CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘DRAGON’ BOWL                                     ੧㕺Ǖ૰ᒞೣ࿎ໞ⽗ǖ⇀ᢎ
         STAND
                                                           ⏊Ꮴ⊐஋ᆨ⏊Ǯ⏎কംᖊ㵶㑷Ӳ㛑ߎ⢑Ꮀǯ㘻㵲㿩ⰰ⡵஠ӳ
         XUANDE INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A VERTICAL
         LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)                శបᶜ卿Ӵ㛑ᝳ㿳ᶜӬ㙣ǯ⏊ം೅㫌᳸䂆ݦᢣ卿⏎ᇵࠂ᳸䂆
                                                           Ӳᢣ卿䂆மՆ‣卿᳸ᅰᙻ㬦ⱐ㫡ᱡԠԋ卿㿳ᶜ㿽␩ǯ⏎⫫ࣿ
         The magnificent stand is superbly carved around the gently
         rounded sides through the layers of lustrous deep crimson lacquer   㑷㛑㫌㬦ⱐ㫡⡠ǯ㑷ݤԋ⚁卿㶊㿳ᶜ卿ݤ೅߉ߴಃ㞖Ƕഌᚺ
         to the ochre ground with two striding five-clawed dragons   ໿ᇪჺㅳǷ⏜᪪ǯ
         amongst billowing cloud scrolls with ruyi heads, the design
                                                           ϝᬝ
         repeated with three further striding dragons to the interior of the
                                                           ⦁ྒྷ䂆ᯛల卿ែ՗
         tray. The underside of the tray and the foot encircled by cloud
         scrolls with further ruyi. The interior is lacquered brown with the   #MVFUU   4PO卿ٳᘹ卿    ჺ
         six-character reign mark inscribed and gilt vertically in a line to the   ឪ᭄།ᚉⅧ⻦
         interior of the foot.                             Ƕࢨᙔⶃⵖ ĜĜ ឪ᭄།ᚉ㞒㇝ᶜ଍Ⅷ⻦卻**卼Ƿ卿㲞ᳰצ೥
         5 ¿ in. (13.1 cm.) diam., box                     ᇑ卿    ჺ  ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅    ⽚
         HK$3,500,000-4,500,000        US$450,000-500,000  ൣ⿫
                                                           ᰞឦ╜㛌⛁⻱ワࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕ'BS &BTUFSO -BDRVFSǷ卿ᰞឦ╜卿
         PROVENANCE
         Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo                                 ჺ卿எ㢙⤔⽚
         Bluett & Son, London, 1980                        㲞ᳰԋᙔഌໝ卿Ƕԋஇᶜ଍ՀࢨჺǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿    ჺ卿எ㢙
         The Lee Family Collection                         ⤔⽚
         Important Chinese Lacquer from the Lee Family Collection, Part II,    ᰞឦ╜㛌⛁⻱ワࢷ⁒㱦卿ᰞឦ╜卿         ჺ
         sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, lot 1822  ᱳ㍽ࢥ⛁៏ṗ⧻ワ㱦卿Ƕԋஇᶜ଍Ƿ卿ᚚទ卿    ჺ卿எ㢙
                                                           ⤔⽚
         EXHIBITED
         Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Far Eastern Lacquer, Los
                                                           ⮐㙽
         Angeles, 1982, Catalogue, no. 18
         The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000 Years of Chinese   Ƕ䂆ᯛ㫀ⱥǷ卿Ӵݺ卿⦁ྒྷ䂆ᯛల卿ែ՗卿    ჺ卿⤔⽚
         Lacquer, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Art   ℳӽㆫ卿Ƕԋஇऒջᶜ଍Ƿ卿࢈՗卿    ჺ卿⤔⽚
         Gallery, 1993, no. 48                             Ƕԋஇᶜ଍ݥ㫀Ƿ卿✄ ݺ卿◙ᅤ卿    ჺ卿⤔⽚
         Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990-1991       Ƕԋஇᶜ଍⠢ⵖǷ卿◙ᅤ卿    ჺ卿⤔⽚
         The Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Chinese Lacquerware, Japan,
         1991, Catalogue, no. 54
         LITERATURE
         Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 2, Mayuyama & Co., Ltd, Tokyo,
         1976, no. 215
         Wang Shixiang, Ancient Chinese Lacquerware, Beijing, 1987, no. 82
         Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, vol. 5, Ming, Fujian, 1995, no. 39
         Zhongguo Qiqi Jinghua, Fujian, 2003, no. 197


























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