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CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE
FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
LOTS 266-297
重要美國私人收藏中國古典家具
編號 266-297
The collection presented in the following pages is the 本收藏由一位美國西岸私人藏家集成，其畢生熱愛歷
culmination of a private West Coast collector’s lifelong 史工藝，尤其醉心收藏家具，喜其風格典雅、歷久
passion for craftsmanship, history, and the timeless elegance 彌新。藏家明辨善鑒，不僅薈萃此次拍賣的中國古典
of fine furniture. With an eye for harmony and authenticity, 家具瑰寶，同時也鍾愛英、法、意式家具及銅鎏金珍
the collector has assembled an extraordinary selection of 品，中西傳統美學相映成趣，雅韻盎然。
classical Chinese furniture, presented here for sale, alongside
important English, French and Italian furniture and exquisite 中國家具以和諧內斂、線條流暢為內蘊，乍看似乎與
gilt-bronze pieces—two distinct traditions that, when 十八、十九世紀歐洲家具繁縟精雕之風貌迥然有異。
thoughtfully combined, create a dialogue of refined beauty. 然而細察之下，卻可見兩者猶如相輔相成，別具意
“When one approaches and appreciates the beauty, form, 趣。黃花梨、紫檀紋理及包漿變化多樣，製成簡約流
proportion and color of Ming and early Qing Chinese 麗之明式家具，與英、法家具華麗風采互相映襯，雅
furniture and objects,” our collector notes, “one transcends 緻怡然。中國家具工藝結構準繩精確，與歐洲細工鑲
and connects to the Age of Enlightenment, when scholarly 嵌、繁複雕飾之講究竟又相得益彰。中式絲綢、毛毯
pursuits of beauty, form, proportion and color were 紋飾細緻精巧，金線華彩交織，映照銅鎏金與銀器
enhancing in their own right.”
熠熠生輝，誠為絕配，其中 Matthew Boulton 之設計
巧妙精緻，器形紋飾均屬登峰造極，傲視同期英國
金工藝術。
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