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A SUPERB QIANGJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER 明萬曆辛卯年（1591）
‘DRAGON’ SQUARE TRAY 戧金填漆龍戲珠纏枝花卉紋方式盤
INCISED AND GILT WANLI XINMAO CYCLICAL DATE 填金「大明萬曆辛卯年製」楷書刻款
CORRESPONDING TO 1591 AND OF THE PERIOD
The tray is of square section with canted corners, decorated in Compare to prunus-form qiangjin and tianqi lacquer box decorated
the qiangjin and tianqi techniques with a leaping five-clawed with a very similar five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, and to
the sides with similar peony scrolls, also against an ochre ground and
dragon pursuing a flaming pearl in the centre above a mountain bearing a Wanli dingwei mark, formerly in the Qing Court Collection,
emerging from crashing waves, against a wan-diaper ground. illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, The
The inner wall is decorated with a peony scroll and outer wall Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong,
with a lotus scroll. The base is lacquered red, incised and gilt 2006, no. 180.
with the reign mark in a horizontal line with a xinmao cyclical 清宮舊藏一件戧金填漆梅花式蓋盒，蓋上五爪龍趕珠紋的造型及側面牡
date corresponding to 1591. 丹紋風格與本盤非常相似，底刻「大明萬曆丁未年製」款，著錄於故宮
7 11/16 in. (19 cm.) long, Japanese wood box 博物院文物珍品全集《元明漆器》，香港，2006年，圖180號。
HK$900,000-1,200,000 US$120,000-160,000
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