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146 Provenance 來源:
A fine carved polychrome cinnabar lacquer According to labels on the box previously from the collection of Kuze-
‘spring’ box and cover Yamatonokami, November 1864
Qianlong Kameyama Household Collection
Of compressed circular form and intricately carved through multiple Mr Kenzo Hasegawa (1886-1957), founder of the Kaisendo Museum,
layers of red, black and yellow lacquer, the cover centered with the acquired circa 1950
character chun enclosing the God of Longevity, flanked by a pair of Kaisendo Museum, Yamagata
five-clawed dragons in mid-flight amidst ruyi-head clouds, raised 根據標貼為Kuze-Yamatonokami舊藏，1864年11月
above a large bowl overflowing with auspicious emblems and radiating 龜山家族收藏
waves worked in tri-coloured tiers, all reserved against a wan diaper 長谷川賢三（1886-1957），蟹仙洞博物館創始人，約1950年
ground, the curved sides of the box and cover deeply carved with 山形縣蟹仙洞博物館藏
eight barbed cartouches featuring various figurative scenes, evenly
spaced between the Eight Treasures at the compass points, all The tag and inscription on the Japanese wood box and cover literally
bordered by bands of ruyi-heads and geometric patterns above a translates as:
trefoil diaper ground, Japanese wood box and cover.
38.8cm (15 5/8in) diam. (3). ‘Old Chinese Red Lacquer Food Container. Collection of the
Kameyama household. A large box and cover No.13. One of the
HK$600,000 - 900,000 property owned by Kuze-Yamatonokami (Kuze household, Japanese
US$77,000 - 120,000 daimyo in Edo period), November 1864.’

清乾隆 剔彩壽春圖圓蓋盒 Illustrated 出版:
Hirokazu Arakawa, Choshitsu, Bijutsu Zenshu (Carved Lacquer), vol.8,

Kyoto, 1974, pl.58 and p.160.
日本文様研究会，《美術撰集（第8卷）雕漆》，東京，1974年，圖

版58，頁60。

The present box would appear to be one of the finest of its type, 本拍品的日本木蓋盒上的款書可翻譯成:「老中國剔紅漆盛食器。龜山
noteworthy for its deep and crisp carving. It follows related ‘chun’ 家族收藏。大蓋盒編號13。其中一件物品為Kuze-Yamatonokami所擁
lacquer boxes and covers first produced during the Jiajing period; see 有（Kuze家族，江戶時期的日本大名），1864年11月」
for example from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer Wares of the 本盒雕工犀利準確，十分精細，是同類漆器中工藝水平最優秀的作
Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2006, pl.134. 品之一。此盒圖案與明代嘉靖漆器的壽春圖圓盒如出一轍，見清宮
舊藏例子，著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：元明漆器》，香
Similar Qianlong period examples can be found in important museum 港，2006年，圖版134。
collections. See from the Qing Court Collection, a smaller box and
cover (30.7cm diam.), illustrated in The Complete Collection of 類似的乾隆時期例子藏於不同的重要博物館，見清宮舊藏一件尺寸較
Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer Ware of the Qing Dynasty, 小的蓋盒（30.7厘米直徑），著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：
Hong Kong, 2006, pl.61; compare also another in the collection of 清代漆器》，香港，2006年，圖版61；舊金山亞洲藝術博物館藏一例
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated in Hai-wai yi-chen 子可資比較，見《海外遺珍：漆器》，台北，1987年，頁160，編號
(Chinese Art in Overseas Collections - Lacquerware), Taipei, 1987, 157。另見台北國立故宮博物院藏一清乾隆帶款的壽春蓋盒，造型類
p.160, no.157. A similar but smaller ‘Chun’ box and cover, Qianlong 似但尺寸較小（35.4厘米直徑），著錄在《和光剔采：故宮藏漆》，
mark and period (35.4cm diam.), is illustrated in Carving the Subtle 台北，2008年，圖版137。同類漆盒也包括髹黃漆例子，可參考北京
Radiance of Colors: Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace 故宮博物院清宮舊藏，同上，圖版59（32.3厘米直徑）。
Museum, Taipei, 2008, pl.137. Similar ‘Chun’ boxes were also made
in yellow colour, see from the Qing Court Collection in the Palace 再參考一件清乾隆剔彩例子，拍賣於香港佳士得，2007年5月29日，
Museum, Beijing, ibid (Lacquer Ware of the Qing Dynasty)., pl.59 拍品編號1413。
(32.3cm diam.).

Compare a similar large polychrome lacquer box and cover, Qianlong,
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong on 29 May 2007, lot 1413.

Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing

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