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A RARE SILVER FILIGREE 'DRAGON' MALLOW- 清乾隆 銀纍絲雙龍葵瓣式蓋盒
FORM BOX AND COVER
盒呈八瓣葵瓣式，下斂，隨形圈足。通體以細銀絲纍出纏枝花紋為地，上用
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) 粗銀絲掐成紋飾。蓋面飾三層紋飾，中心圓形開光內飾雙龍戲珠紋，一雙騰
龍毛髮飄揚，張口瞪眼，騰躍於雲海之中；外層為八瓣形，每瓣菱形開光，
The cover is exquisitely decorated with a pair of sinuous dragons 內飾八寶；外層八瓣中同飾菱形開光，內飾四季花果紋。盒、蓋壁均用粗銀
contesting a 'flaming pearl' within a circular border surrounded by a
band of eight miscellaneous treasures, each within a cartouche. The 絲掐如意雲頭。 此器纍絲細膩勻稱，鏨刻精細，玲瓏剔透，充分表現出清
sloping sides are further decorated with floral sprays within eight 乾隆時纍絲工藝高超。 清代銀器製造工藝承前朝遺風，在元、明兩代的基
cartouches, all against a dense openwork floral scroll-ground of fine 礎上得到了突飛猛進的發展，至乾隆時期達到了頂峰。乾隆朝銀器在異族
silver filigree, with further floral scrolls on the vertical sides of both 及西洋風格的影響下，使用範圍進一步擴大，工藝製作上也加入了很多新的
the box and cover. 元素。
5æ in. (14.5 cm.) wide
北京故宮博物院藏有相同的乾隆銀纍絲雙龍葵瓣式蓋盒，見2008年北京出
HK$600,000-800,000 US$77,000-100,000 版《北京文物精品》，圖版157號。另有一相同例子拍賣於 香港佳士得 2011
年11月30日，拍品3092 (圖一) 。
A closely related example of smaller size is in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
and is illustrated in Beijing Wenwu Jingpin, Beijing, 2008, no. 157. Also
compare to an almost identical silver box and cover sold at Christie's Hong
Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3092 (fig. 1).

fig. 1 Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3092
圖一 香港佳士得，2011年11月30日，拍品3092號

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