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AN EXTREMELY RARE CARVED CINNABAR 明宣德 剔紅鳳穿蓮紋炕几
LACQUER ‘PHOENIX’ LOW TABLE
MING DYNASTY, XUANDE PERIOD 來源：
蟹仙洞博物館創始人長谷川賢三（1886-1957年）收
the flat rectangular top with raised ends, supported on a 藏，約1950年
constricted waist above four cabriole legs skirted with a
cusped apron, the top exuberantly carved in various levels 山形縣蟹仙洞博物館收藏
of relief with a lobed cartouche enclosing a pair of phoenix 出版：
in flight amidst stylised lotus blooms borne on leafy sprays 荒川浩和，《美術撰集（第八卷）．彫漆》，東
above rocky mountains, framed at each of the four corners
with a further phoenix amidst leafy blooms of the four 京，1974年，圖版76及頁163
seasons, the raised ends and sides further decorated with
floral blooms amid broad leaves, encircled by a trellis band
along the constricted waist, the four legs and apron similarly
decorated with further phoenix in flight amid floral blooms
below a lappet band, the reverse lacquered in black
18.8 by 61.7 by 37 cm, 7⅜ by 24¼ by 14⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Kenzo Hasegawa (1886-1957), founder of the
Kaisendo Museum, c. 1950.
Collection of Kaisendo Museum, Yamagata.
LITERATURE
Hirokazu Arakawa, Bijutsu senjū [Selection of artworks], vol.
8: Choshitsu [Carved lacquer], Tokyo, 1974, pl. 76 and p. 163.

HK$ 6,000,000-8,000,000
US$ 765,000-1,020,000

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