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PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM THE AOYAMA STUDIO COLLECTION 元 黑漆嵌螺鈿開光人物圖盞托
A BLACK JADE ‘TURTLE’ SEAL A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER
SIX DYNASTIES ‘FIGURAL’ CUP STAND
the opaque jet-black square seal carved in high relief with a YUAN DYNASTY
turtle, the area between the turtle’s legs hollowed out, the seal of globular form with rounded sides, inlaid on the exterior
face left uncarved with ruyi-shaped cartouches enclosing floral scrollwork,
h. 3 cm, 1⅛ in. supported on a broad circular tray with an upturned rim,
similarly decorated with lobed cartouches with figures, all
LITERATURE
above a flaring foot further inlaid with a floral scroll, the interior
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, lacquered black, Japanese wood box
Beijing, 2006, p. 132 bottom. 14 cm, 5½ in.
HK$ 60,000-80,000 HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 7,800-10,400 US$ 64,500-90,500

六朝 墨玉龜鈕方印
出版：
姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006年，頁132
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A RARE CINNABAR LACQUER ‘FLORAL’ BOX AND
COVER
INCISED MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGLE
the cover carved with various flowers borne on leafy stems,
the base similarly decorated, the interiors and recessed base
lacquered brown, the latter with a six-character reign mark,
Japanese wood box
9.7 cm, 3¾ in.
HK$ 240,000-300,000
US$ 31,000-38,700

A slightly smaller box, originally inscribed with a Yongle mark
which is now effaced, from the Baoyizhai collection, was sold in
these rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3211; and another Yongle
mark and period example from the Lee family collection,
carved with peonies, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd
December 2008, lot 2116.

明永樂 剔紅花卉紋圓蓋盒
《大明永樂年製》針刻款

Mark

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