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The deep carving on the rectangular top panel is very similar in design 本桌桌面上在厚漆上雕雙鳳紋，刀工極其嫻熟，突顯紋飾雕刻上下層
to that of arguably the most important piece of Chinese lacquer 次之感，工藝水平出色，可與一件現藏於倫敦維多利亞和阿爾伯特博
furniture: the Xuande mark and period table in the collection of the 物館，幾乎最具有代表性的明宣德帶款剔紅漆桌作仔細比較。明成祖
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the only known surviving piece 永樂皇帝朱棣酷愛雕漆，非常重視漆器的製作與生產，為此專門成立
of lacquer furniture made in the Guoyuan chang 果園廠 (‘Orchard 了作坊果園廠，為皇家宮廷製作漆器。此件漆器家具是唯一一件所知
Factory’), the imperial lacquer atelier in Beijing, illustrated in C.Clunas 傳世的果園廠作品，著錄於C.Clunas and J.Harrison-Hall編，《Ming:
and J.Harrison-Hall, eds., Ming: 50 Years that Changed China, 50 Years that Changed China》，倫敦，2014年，頁107，圖97。此
London, 2014, p.107, fig.97. The V&A example differs in one main 件漆桌在形制和雕刻上與本桌相似，主要分別在於本桌所雕的是雙鳳
detail, namely depicting a dragon and phoenix rather than a pair of 紋，而博物館那一件則雕龍鳳紋，從而推斷出製作蟹仙洞博物館所藏
phoenixes. However, the similarity in design strongly indicates that 漆桌的工匠極有可能曾經接觸到維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館的那一件
the master craftsman who produced the Kaisendo table probably had 漆桌或它原來的設計，進而意味著本桌是宮廷下令製作而成。
access to either the V&A table or to its design, which in turn would
suggest that the present table top was made by special commission 清宮舊藏裡有飾雙鳳穿花紋的元、明代雕漆傳世品可作參考，見《故
for the imperial court. 宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：元明漆器》，香港，2006年，圖版6（元
代漆盒）、圖版7（元代帶宣德款盤）和圖版123（明嘉靖例子）。
Yuan and early Ming dynasty cinnabar lacquer carvings of pairs of
phoenix in flight amidst floral scrolls can be seen in extant boxes and
dishes in the Qing Court Collection: see The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and
Ming Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2006, pls.6 (Yuan dynasty box), 7 (Yuan
dynasty dish with a Xuande mark), and for a later example of the
Jiajing period, see ibid, pl.123.

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