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A RARE GILT AND POLYCHROME LACQUER BASKETWEAVE TRAY
Inscribed Wanli guichou corresponding to 1613 and of the period
Of rectangular form with shallowly-rounded sides rising to an everted rim
and standing on a spreading foot, the interior painted in gold and black on
a rich tomato-red ground with an official and four attendants in a riverscape,
the official standing under a large parasol held by an attendant behind him
and being presented with a new hat by another attendant, the other two
attendants carrying books and a wrapped parcel, possibly a qin, the interior
of the curved sides gilt on a dark brown ground with six cartouches of a
striding dragon reserved on a wave ground, the exterior sides inset with
woven basketwork, the foot gilt with a key-fret band, the four corners still
reinforced within the foot with original metal mounts, the dark brown base
gilt with the Wanli reign mark and cyclical date guichou year corresponding
to 1613, Japanese fitted wood box. 51cm (20in) wide. (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明萬曆癸丑年（1613年） 彩漆描金「加官進爵」長方盤
描金「萬曆癸丑年」楷書直款

Provenance: Sammy Y. Lee and Wangs Co.,
Dr Arthur M.Sackler (1913-1987), purchased from the above in 1973
Christie’s New York, 25 March 2010, lot 1066

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Lee Yu-kuan, Oriental Lacquer Art,
New York and Tokyo, 1972, p.201, no.134.
Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.110

來源：香港古董商Sammy Y. Lee and Wangs Co.
亞瑟·M.賽克勒博士（1913-1987）舊藏，於1973年購自上者
紐約佳士得，2010年3月25日，拍品編號1066

展覽著錄：李汝寬，《Oriental Lacquer Art》，紐約，東京，1972年，
頁201，編號134
Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號110 135

The subject is a ceremony called jia guan jin jue, which is the presentation
of a new hat to an official to commemorate his promotion to the rank of
nobility. For similar examples, see Catalogue of the International Exhibition
of Chinese Art, London, 1935, no.1427; a lacquer tray dated to 1623
and formerly in the collection of Sir Harry and Lady Garner, is illustrated
by S.Jenyns and W.Watson, Chinese Art: The Minor Arts, Oxford, 1980,
pl.140; and a lacquer tray, Ming dynasty, in the Shanghai Museum, is
illustrated in Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, vol.5, Beijing, 1999, p.200, no.186.

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A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘DRAGONS’ BRUSH AND
COVER
Late Ming Dynasty
The shaft crisply carved in relief with a ferocious three-clawed dragon
pursuing a flaming pearl amidst ruyi clouds, below a trefoil collar enclosing
florettes, the cover carved with a similar three-clawed dragon amidst clouds
between two florette collars, wood box and cover. 22.5cm (8 6/7in) long (4).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明晚期 剔紅遊龍戲珠紋筆

Provenance: Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo

Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2004, no.118.

來源：日本東京出光美術館舊藏

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2004年，編號118

For similar red lacquer brushes and covers, Ming dynasty, see Karamono:
Imported Lacquerwork- Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan (Okinawa) -
Selections from the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, 1997, p.47, nos.70-
73. See a related cinnabar lacquer ‘figural’ brush and cover, 16th century,
which was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 9 October 2019, lot 286.
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