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Stylistically, this rare dish may be compared to other lacquer dishes of racing amidst a dense field of scrolls, coins and chimes. The same carving
sixteenth century date. These dishes are characterized by the density of the technique can be seen on the bodies of two dragons on a black lacquer
decoration and the style of carving that creates the impression of movement dish (18.4 cm. diam.) from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection sold
or energy. One such dish (18.1 cm. diam.), described as a typical example at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1126, as well as on the bodies of
of Yunnan work, and at the time dated Yuan dynasty, fourteenth century, the four lions on a brown and red lacquer dish (16.9 cm. diam.) dated early
illustrated by Lee Yu-kuan in Oriental Lacquer Art, New York/Tokyo, 1972, sixteenth century, in the Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, illustrated by Monika
p. 163, pl. 97, is carved with two dragons surrounding an endless knot Kopplin, Im Zeichen des Drachen, Museum für Lackkunst, Munster, 2006,
amidst the scrolling stems of lotus and other water plants in a lotus pond pp. 132-33, pl. 52. On this dish the lions are separated and surrounded by
represented by the ground of dense rolling waves. The manner in which the knotted and trailing ends of four ribbons "tied" to the sides of a raised
the dragons on the Lee dish are carved, their bodies filled with diagonally diaper border encircling a medallion of a kneeling foreigner on a gold ground.
set parallel ridges, can be seen on the bodies of the Buddhist lions on the A black lacquer rectangular tray, dated fifteenth-sixteenth century, from
present dish. This stylistic technique is also seen on the bodies of three the collection of Jean-Pierre Dubosc, illustrated in Chinese lacquer from the
lions and a dragon encircling a ribbon-tied brocade ball in the center of a Jean-Pierre Dubosc collection and others, Eskenazi, London, December 1992,
carved red lacquer dish (17 cm. diam.), described as Yunnan style, from the pl. 17, displays two similarly carved lions flanking a ribbon-tied brocade ball in
Lee Family Collection, Part II, sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 28 November a similarly dense field of decoration. The catalogue entry notes that "this type
2012, lot 2105. On the Lee dish the brocade ball is tied with four bows, the of lacquer is generally known as Yunnan ware."
trailing ends of the ribbons rippling around and between the four animals

869

PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT J. AND MARILYN HAMBURGER COLLECTION ANOTHER PROPERTY
869 ⱷ870
A RETICULATED GILT-BRONZE TWO-PART BELT BUCKLE A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER `QILIN’ DISH
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Each half of the buckle is cast with a coiled dragon contesting a flaming pearl The shallow dish is well carved on the interior with a central qilin encircled by for
amidst clouds, with one half tapering to a dragon-head hook and the other Buddhist lions grasping flowing ribbons in their mouths, all on a scroll ground.
with an oval aperture. Both are cast on the reverse with two vertical loops and 6æ in. (17.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
decorated with a cartouche enclosing narcissus sprays.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) long $40,000-60,000
$3,000-5,000 PROVENANCE:
Japanese private collection, Kobe, 1950s.
EXHIBITED:
Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections 明 剔紅麒麟紋圓盤
of a Dynasty Through Its Art, 1 March-6 June 2008.
來源:
LITERATURE: 日本私人珍藏, 神戶, 1950年間
Fang Jing Pei et al., Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty
Through Its Art, 2008, p. 65, no. 208.

ROBERT J. 及 MARILYN HAMBURGER 珍藏
晚明/清初 十六/十七世紀 鎏金銅雙龍戲珠紋帶扣一組
展覽:
奧馬哈, 內布拉斯加, Joslyn 美術館, 「Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections
of a Dynasty Through Its Art」, 2008年3月1日-6月6日
870
出版:
Fang Jing Pei 等, 《Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty
Through Its Art》, 2008年, 頁 65, 編號 208

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