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A VERY RARE GILT-DECORATED RED LACQUER 明崇禎 朱漆描金龍鳳呈祥衣箱
‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ CHEST 「大明崇禎年製」六字楷書豎款
CHONGZHEN GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE 明末崇禎年間漆製家具帶款者極少，暫知一著錄例子，為
故宮博物院藏明崇禎填漆戧金龍紋羅漢床，載於2002年上海
PERIOD (1628-1644) 出版《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系—明清傢俱（上）》，頁
18、19，圖8，背板上沿落「大明崇禎辛未年製」楷書款。本
Of rectangular form, the chest is decorated in gold and black 長方形箱體型較大，其形制、尺寸、龍紋與故宮博物院藏明
against a red ground, on the cover with a bracketed cartouche 紫檀龍戲珠紋箱相仿，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系明清
depicting a phoenix perched on a branch surrounded by a 傢俱（上）》，頁232，圖191，而尺寸及蓋面菱
multitude of birds, on the sides with dragons amidst lotus scrolls. 花形開光又與該院藏明填漆戧金雲龍箱相近，見
The front is mounted with a foliated lock plate with a hinged 《中國竹木牙角器全集5·傢俱》，頁134、135，
clasp. The two sides are flanked by metal ring handles. 圖123，應為崇禎年間宮廷或貴族所用之器，極
36 5/8 in. (93 cm.) long 為珍貴。
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
It is extremely rare to find lacquer pieces from the Chongzhen reign.
Compare to a Chongzhen-marked tianqi and qiangjin lacquer Luohan
bed in the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming
and Qing Dynasties (I), Shanghai, 2002, pl. 8. The rendition of the
dragons on the current chest is very similar to that on a zitan chest in
the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated ibid., pl. 191.
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