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                            PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN          明十六世紀   剔紅穿花鳳凰紋圓盤
                            A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘PHOENIX’       來源:
                            DISH
                                                                      傳日本收藏
                            MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY                傳1985年購於石川縣金澤市谷庄古美術店
                            with shallow rounded sides resting on a short foot, carved
                            through the thick layers of cinnabar lacquer to the ochre   This dish is notable for the attention to detail, observed in
                            ground with a pair of phoenix, a male and female, soaring   both the complex composition and the intricate carving of
                            amidst peony blooms and dense foliage, each mythical bird   the feathers and petals of the birds and flowers. This vibrant
                            rendered with outstretched wings and meticulously rendered   design of a pair of soaring birds surrounded by dense foliage
                            plumage, all surrounded by a frieze of floral buds and blooms   has its roots in the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279).
                            borne on gnarled leafy stems on the cavetto, the exterior
                                                                      Comparable examples include a smaller lacquer dish also
                            decorated with a band of lush floral blooms amidst dense
                                                                      carved with two phoenixes, attributed to the Jiajing period,
                            foliage, the base lacquered black
                                                                      from the Qing court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in
                            27.7 cm, 10⅞ in.
                                                                      The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum.
                                                                      Lacquer Wares of Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Shanghai, 2006,
                            PROVENANCE
                                                                      pl. 123; one rendered with six cranes In flight amongst ruyi
                            A Japanese collection, by repute.
                                                                      clouds, with an incised six-character Jiajing mark and of the
                            Tanisho Gallery, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, purchased in
                            1985, by repute.                          period, sold in our London rooms, 10th June 1986, lot 80; and
                                                                      another, carved with a dragon amidst waves and rockwork,
                                                                      sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27th November 2014, lot 149.
                            HK$ 300,000-500,000
                            US$ 38,300-64,000                         For a Song dynasty prototype of the design, see a box
                                                                      preserved in the Engaku-ji, Kamakura, included in the
                                                                      exhibition The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China:
                                                                      Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares, Nezu
                                                                      Museum, Tokyo, 2004, cat. no. 92.
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