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A POLYCHROME LACQUER ‘LYCHEE’ SQUARE DISH A dot-diaper ground was a popular motif on lacquers in the Southern
Ming Dynasty or earlier Song dynasty, which probably imitated the ring-punched ground on
The dish with flaring sides supported on a flat countersunk base and silver or gold. It was rarely seen on lacquers between the Yuan and
rising to a straight rim with cusped corners, the interior and sides mid-Ming Dynasties, however, it seemed to have been revived during
painted with lychee branches, the fruits painted in cinnabar lacquer the Wanli and Jiajing periods.
and the leaves painted in dark brown lacquer, and detailed with incised
veins on the leaves, all on a dot-diaper ground, box. Compare with a closely related square lacquer dish with similar
20.4cm (8in) square. (2). decoration, Southern Song, which is illustrated in The Colors and
Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics
HKD200,000 - 300,000 and Metalwares, Tokyo, 2004, pl.139. Compare also with a rounded
US$26,000 - 39,000 dish, Jiajing, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, which is illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer
明或更早 荔枝斑紋委角方盤 Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Hong Kong, pl.150.

Provenance: 盤委角，圓口，盤墻斜躺而微鼓，矮圈足，盤身及盤壁滿繪荔枝紋，荔
An Asian private collection 枝以朱漆繪就，枝葉為深褐色漆，再陰刻葉脈，以密點斑紋為地。

來源: 此盤有濃郁南宋風格，可比較日本出光美術館藏一件南宋沉金菊
亞洲私人收藏 紋方盤，見《宋元の美—伝来の漆器を中心に》，東京，2004年，圖版
139。明代亦有流行此類斑紋花卉紋碟，可參考北京故宮藏一件嘉靖
戧金彩漆花卉圓盤，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集·元明漆器》，香
港，2006年，編號150。

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