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A RARE TIANQI LACQUER OVAL LOBED
271 STAND, KANG
274 | BONHAMS Ming Dynasty
Of lobed six-sided form, the top panel painted
with an exotic bird in flight beside spreading
chrysanthemum blossoms on a red lacquer
geometric ground with a black and yellow geometric
ground border, all above the reticulated waist above
a band of lappets supported on six cabriole legs
painted with leafy chrysanthemum at the top and
terminating in upturned pointed scrolls painted with
floral buds.
49cm (19in) long

£6,000 - 8,000
HK$66,000 - 88,000
CNY55,000 - 73,000

明 填漆飛雁花石圖海棠花几

Provenance: Arthur M. Sackler, acquired from
Sammy Lee in October 1973
Sold at Christie’s New York, 1-2 April 2009, lot 368

來源： Arthur M. Sackler舊藏，於1973年10月購自
古董商Sammy Lee
2009年4月1至2日於紐約佳士得拍賣，拍品368號

Published and Illustrated: Lee Yu-kuan, Oriental
Lacquer Art, Tokyo, 1972, pl.244, p.319

出版及著錄： Lee Yu-kuan著 《Oriental Lacquer
Art》, 東京, 1972年, 圖244, 頁319

The chrysanthemum is a symbol of autumn and the
flower of the ninth moon. It is a symbol of longevity
because of its health-giving properties because of
its close association with the Poet Tao Qian, AD365-
427, who spent his retirement in simple rusticity
tending to his own chrysanthemums.

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK
LACQUER STAND
16th/17th century
Of oval form standing on four curved legs, the
waisted top finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a
garden scene dotted with figures amidst pavilions
and pine trees, the apron with cartouches similarly
decorated with literati gatherings, the platform with
further scholars walking around a lakeside pavilion
on a moonlight evening, the legs with blossoming
peonies and leafy scrolls.
42cm (16 1/2in) high

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000
CNY37,000 - 55,000

十六/十七世紀 黑漆螺鈿山水人物圖花几