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A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL 元十四世紀
BLACK LACQUER DISH 剔黑綬鳥牡丹紋倭角方盤

YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH 來源：
CENTURY Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦
出版：
of square section with canted corners, the shallow rounded
康蕊君及 Brian Morgan，《From Innovation to Conformity.
sides supported on a straight foot of corresponding shape,
Chinese Lacquer from the 13th to 16th Centuries》，Bluett &
intricately and densely carved through thick layers of black
Sons，倫敦，1989年，編號3
lacquer to an ochre ground, the interior centred with a
similarly lobed cartouche enclosing a pair of long-tailed birds,
one soaring and the other swooping amidst lush leafy peony
blooms, the cavetto decorated with four panels of alternating
composite floral blooms including prunus, chrysanthemum,
gardenia and peony, encircled around the exterior with an
undulating tixi foliate scroll, the foot and base lacquered in
black
28.2 cm, 11⅛ in.
PROVENANCE
Bluett & Sons Ltd, London.

LITERATURE
Regina Krahl and Brian Morgan, From Innovation to
Conformity. Chinese Lacquer from the 13th to 16th Centuries,
Bluett & Sons, London, 1989, cat. no. 3.

HK$ 1,800,000-2,500,000
US$ 231,000-320,000

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