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An important cinnabar lacquer table, Xuande mark and of the period;
image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

145 Provenance 來源:
A rare cinnabar lacquer ‘double-phoenix’ low Mr Kenzo Hasegawa (1886-1957), founder of the Kaisendo Museum,
table, kang zuo circa 1950
The top Ming Dynasty and the lower section probably later Kaisendo Museum, Yamagata
The low table with a flat top ending in upturned scroll ends on each 長谷川賢三（1886-1957），蟹仙洞博物館創始人，約1950年
side, magnificently carved through a thick layer of red lacquer in 山形縣蟹仙洞博物館藏
high relief, featuring two phoenixes encircling in flight amidst a dense
stylised lotus scrolls, the mythical creatures depicted within barbed The inscription on the Japanese wood box and cover literally translates
haitang borders above a finely worked trefoil ground, accompanied as:
with further four phoenixes at the four corners, the apron spanning the
cabriole legs decorated with smaller phoenixes frolicking amidst dense ‘Chinese Lacquer Table, No.127 (later amended to No.7)’
flowering foliage, all separated by a band of leaf lappets and zig-
zagged trefoil ground at the waist, Japanese wood box and cover. 本拍品的日本盒上的款書可翻譯成：「中國漆桌，編號127
62cm x 37cm x 19cm (24 3/8in x 14 1/2 x 7 1/2in) (3). （後來改成編號7）」

HK$600,000 - 800,000 Illustrated 出版:
US$77,000 - 100,000 Hirokazu Arakawa, Choshitsu, Bijutsu Zenshu (Carved Lacquer), vol.8,
Kyoto, 1974, pl.76 and p.163.
明 剔紅雙鳳穿花圖炕桌 日本文様研究会，《美術撰集（第8卷）雕漆》，東京，1974年，圖
炕桌下部份或較晚 版76，頁163。

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