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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL QIANGJIN AND TIANQI 明崇禎丁丑年（1637） 御製填漆戧金雲龍戲珠紋香几
填金「大明崇禎丁丑年製」刻款
‘DRAGON’ LACQUER INCENSE STAND
來源
CHONGZHEN CYCLICAL DINGCHOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 蟹仙洞博物館，日本山形縣

1637 AND OF THE PERIOD 御製崇禎款的漆器作品十分罕見，而此香几保有原座，更是難能可貴。
比較一件近乎相同但缺座的香几，其龍紋呈反方向，載於《中国の漆
The top is finely decorated with a sinuous five-clawed dragon in 工芸》，東京美術俱樂部，1970年，頁41，圖版58號。另見一件載於
pursuit of a flaming pearl amid ruyi clouds against a chequered 《Oriental Lacquer Art》，東京，1972年，頁323，可能即為上揭例。類
ground of wan emblems, enclosed within a raised edge above a 似造型的作品可參考一件嘉靖款剔彩萬壽花果紋香几，於香港佳士得
constricted waist divided by five raised vertical ridges, all resting 2004年11月1日拍賣，拍品841號；及兩件清代填漆戧金龍紋香几，一載
on a bombé apron continuing onto five cabriole legs terminating 於《海外遺珍漆器》，台北，1987年，頁190，圖版180號，另一束腰開
in upswept feet raised on a waisted pedestal base decorated with 光，於香港蘇富比2014年10月8日拍賣，拍品3795號。
orchids on top. The underside near the top of one leg is incised
and gilt with the reign mark, Da Ming Chongzhen dingchou nian zhi.
23 º in. (61.5 cm.) high

HK$250,000-350,000 US$33,000-45,000

PROVENANCE

Kaisendo Museum, Yamagata, Japan

Only a handful of marked imperial lacquer works from the Chongzhen
period have survived, and the present incense stand is even more
remarkable for having preserved its pedestal base. A nearly identical
incense stand bearing the same dated mark without the base, with the
dragon facing the opposite direction, is illustrated in Chugoku no urushi
kogei, Tokyo, 1970, p. 41, no. 58. Another, or possibly the same as the
last, is illustrated by Lee Yu-kuan in Oriental Lacquer Art, Tokyo, 1972,
p. 323.

Incense stands were commonly placed at the centre of the room where
the perfumed smoke could spread, but were also sometimes used
as display stands. Compare to a Jiajing-marked carved three-colour
lacquer stand of similar form sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 November
2004, lot 841 and two later and larger qiangjin and tianqi decorated
example of similar form from the Qing period, one illustrated in Hai-wai
yi-chen: Chinese Art in Overseas Collections Lacquerware, Taipei, 1987,
p. 190, no. 180, another dated Kangxi period with openwork panels on
the waist, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 3795.

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