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Functional furniture pieces were most often made of more common woods   手巾掛桿與面盆架兩者構成中國古代達官貴人日常生活中必不可少的洗漱
          and examples made of huanghuali were considered a luxury, afforded by   陳設。但在留存至今的古代黃花梨家具中,卻出乎意料地罕見。面盆架基本
          only the wealthiest patrons and the reason why only a few examples are
          known today.                                        有兩類:一類較高,搭腦可掛手巾,另一類則較矮,僅有一面盆位。兩類均體
                                                              量輕巧,常見於內室佈置之中。
          A related towel rack and washbasin stand dated to mid-Ming dynasty,
          1550-1620, and made of huali wood is in the Victoria and Albert Museum   大量古代畫作、木刻版畫甚至墓葬壁畫中均有描繪面盆架與手巾掛桿。
          Collection, London, accession number FE.28-1989 (fig. 1). Similar to the   在北宋元符二年(1099)修築的白沙宋墓一號墓穴中,後室墻壁上繪有
          present example, it is also elaborately carved with openwork spandrels but
          is decorated with phoenix-head finials to each side of the top rail.  閨房場景,其中便可見到面盆架。此畫中之例搭腦兩頭翹起,呈如意紋,
                                                              下有掛牙,與本件拍品式樣類似。關於此種面盆架的研究,可見Sarah
          Three huanghuali towel racks and washbasin stands have been illustrated   Handler著,《Ablutions and Washing Clean: The Chinese Washbasin and
          by Gustav Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Vermont and Tokyo, 1962,    Stand》,JCCFS,1991年秋季,23-36頁,作者在其中列舉了數個類似例子。
          pp. 143-44, pls. 117, 118 and 119. The later example, pl. 119, from the
          collection of Mrs Henri Vetch, is closely related to the present mianpenjia,   更詳盡的研究可見Sarah Handler另一著作《Austere Luminosity of Chinese
          with toprail terminating in lingzhi sprays and the legs in lotus bud finials   Classical Furniture》,伯克利,2001年,332-44頁。
          (fig. 2). The elaborately carved aprons below the central panel on the
          present example are particularly rare. A slightly plainer example is illustrated  建造於元代1265年的一座墓穴中,亦有發現面盆架與手巾掛杆分離的例子,
          by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, p. 185,   其外觀與上文提及的白沙宋墓壁畫中面盆架非常相似。見《山西省大同市元
          E43. A related huanghuali example with a carved lingzhi panel is in the
          MQJ collection, illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, The Best of the Best –    代馮道真、王青墓清理簡報》,文物,1992年,第十期。此件以及明代墓穴中
          The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2017, Vol. 2, p. 408-411.  所發現的陶製模型,證明數個世紀以來面盆架的形制並無甚變化。以搭腦
                                                              作為手巾掛桿的高面盆架款式極有可能從明代後期才興起,譬如在1587年
          Very few washbasin stands with towel rack have appeared on the auction   的潘氏墓中所發掘的例子。這一件出土的微型面盆架在架腿頂端圓雕仰
          market. A related huanghuali washbasin stand with carved chilong
          decoration was sold at Christie’s New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1211   俯蓮紋,搭腦兩端則飾以靈芝紋,均與本拍品十分相似。關於考古發掘中
          (fig. 3). A pair of elaborately carved imperial zitan washbasin stands with   的微型面盆架,以及它們與現存黃花梨家具的關係,可見Sarah Handler著,
          towel racks from the Qianlong period (1736-1795) was sold at Christie's   《Ablutions and Washing Clean: The Chinese Washbasin and Stand》,
          Paris, 19 December 2012, lot 109.                   JCCFS,1997年秋季,26-27頁。

                                                              倫敦維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館藏有一件類似的明代花梨木連掛桿高面盆
                                                              架(編號FE.28-1989),掛牙雕飾花紋與本品相似,搭腦兩端則以鳳頭紋點
                                                              綴(圖一)。

                                                              Gustav Ecke在其所著《Chinese Domestic Furniture》,佛蒙特及東京,1962
                                                              年,143-44頁,圖版117,118及119,列舉了三例黃花梨連掛桿高面盆架。而
                                                              同一書中圖版119,來自Henri Vetch夫人珍藏的一例,則與本拍品極為相
                                                              近——搭腦兩端均雕有靈芝紋,足端亦以俯仰蓮紋裝飾(圖二)。本件拍
                                                              品中牌子下部牙板紋飾之精美複雜程度甚為罕見。王世襄曾列舉一近似但
                                                              不及繁複的例子,見其所著《明式家具研究》,第二冊,185頁,E43。

                                                              實用家具常選用一般木材,而以黃花梨製成的則是專屬顯貴的珍品,也正因
                                                              如此少有存世。一件明末黃花梨高面盆架中牌為靈芝紋花板,該例著錄於
                                                              伍嘉恩,《木趣居—家具中的嘉具》,第二冊,北京,2017年,408-411頁。

                                                              拍場之上鮮少出現連掛桿高面盆架。紐約佳士得售出一件螭龍雕刻紋飾黃
                                                              花梨面盆架,於2010年9月16-17日,拍品1211號(圖三)。另一對乾隆年代紫
                      (Lot 2805 detail 本拍品細圖)                 檀面盆架於佳士得巴黎售出,2012年12月19日,拍品109號。














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