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The Lord Cunliffe Cloisonné Enamel

‘Pomegranates’ Box and Cover

Xuande Marks and of the Period

Rolf, Lord Cunliffe, began collecting Chinese art in London Rolf，Cunliffe勛爵，第二次世界大戰後期開始收藏中國藝
towards the end of the Second World War. Over the next 術品；並在之後的二十年內有規律地光顧倫敦當時最為頂
20 years, he acquired over five hundred Chinese ceramics, 尖的中國藝術古董商，如Bluett & Sons、John Spark、和
jades and bronzes; buying judiciously but regularly from the Spink & Son 等，購藏了五百餘件中國藝術品，所藏涵括瓷
best dealers in Chinese art dotted around Mayfair and St 器、玉器、和青銅器等門類。其倫敦的公寓位於梅費爾地
James in London, including galleries such as Bluett & Sons, 區腹地，與著名中國藝術經紀Peter Boode隔街相望；而他
John Spark, and Spink & Son. At his London flat in the heart 就將其日益壯大的中國藝術收藏收納在公寓浴室中毫不起
of Mayfair, across the street from the famous Dutch dealer in 眼的金屬櫃裡！登門造訪的收藏家，譬如瑞典國王，則會
Chinese art Peter Boode, he squeezed his growing collection 花幾個小時坐在浴缸邊沿，愉快地交流諸如玉雕來通盃或
into steel filing cabinets inconspicuously tucked away in 鈞窯盌上的精彩細節。本例明宣德掐絲琺瑯石榴紋蓋盒，
his bathroom! Visiting collectors like the King of Sweden 「大明宣德年製」楷書刻款，在Cunliffe勛爵的收藏中也備
would spend happy hours sitting on the edge of the bath, 受重視，曾經兩次公開展出，最近一次展於1957年，且被
discussing the finer points of a jade rhyton or a Junyao bowl. 收錄在早在1962年出版的加納爵士（Sir Harry Garner）關
The present important cloisonné enamel box and cover, 於掐絲琺瑯的重要著作中。
Xuande marks and of the period, has been a prized object in
the collection, previously exhibited on two occasions, lastly
in 1957, and published in the important and early publication
by Sir Harry Garner in 1962.