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A RARE QIANGJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER 明宣德 戧金填漆攜琴圖圓蓋盒
‘FIGURAL’ BOX AND COVER 填金「大明宣德年製」楷書刻款
XUANDE INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1426-1435) 帶宣德款的戧金填漆器非常少見，只有少數出版例子。東京國立博物館
The cover is finely incised in the qiangjin and tianqi technique 藏一件宣德款戧金填漆歲寒三友圖圓盒，雕刻風格及色調與本品相近，
depicting two bearded scholars carrying qin instruments 可資比較，參考《東京国立博物館東洋美術100選》，東京，2009年，
conversing below a pine tree, with rolling mountains and wispy 圖版54號。
clouds in the background, all against a honeycomb diaper
ground. The sides of the box and cover are incised and gilt with
abstract scrolls. The base is incised and gilt on one side with
the reign mark in a vertical line.
4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) diam., box

HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000
Lacquer wares decorated in the qiangjin and tianqi techniques from the
Xuande period are extremely rare, and only a very few examples have
been published. A circular qiangjin and tianqi lacquer box decorated
in a similar colour scheme, also incised on the base with a Xuande
mark, rendered on the cover with ‘Three Friends of Winter’ and on the
sides with peony scrolls, is in the Tokyo National Museum Collection,
illustrated in 100 Masterpieces of Asian Art, Tokyo, 2009, no. 54.

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