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AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE LARGE 明永樂 御製剔紅群仙賀壽圖大蓋盒
IMPERIAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 針刻「大明永樂年製」楷書款
‘IMMORTALS’ BOX AND COVER
YONGLE INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE 來源
PERIOD (1403-1425) 法國私人珍藏
The cover is superbly carved through thick layers of cinnabar 巴黎蘇富比，2012年6月13日，拍品142號
lacquer to depict a Daoist paradise with grand architectural
complexes nestled among pine, wutong and peach trees,
featuring immortals gathering in a fenced garden, some seated
around a table with plates containing peaches, some playing
musical instruments accompanied by attendants, a deer and
a crane, all against an air, wave and diamond diaper-group.
The sides of the box and cover are each carved with a band of
luxuriant peony and chrysanthemum blossoms, the interiors
and base applied with purplish-brown lacquer. The base is
incised in needle near the rim with a Yongle vertical reign mark.
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) diam., box
HK$8,000,000-10,000,000 US$1,100,000-1,300,000

PROVENANCE
A French private collection
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 13 June 2012, lot 142

fig. 1 ©Aberdeen City Council (Art Gallery & Museums Collections)
圖一 蘇格蘭鴨巴甸市美術館藏品

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