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Lacquer designs of the Ming and early Qing periods were often 明及清初漆器紋樣多受文學作品亦或繪畫之啟迪，本件雕
inspired by literature or paintings, and the present screen 漆插屏飾松下對弈圖，背面題詩一首，詩文源自宋朝大詩
incorporates an inscription and the corresponding scene, 人晏殊名作「浣溪沙．青杏園林煮酒香」。可參考一相
which was derived from Huanxisha – qingxing yuanlin zhu
近明代弘治插屏，尺寸略大，雕飾西漢典故「走馬章台
jiuxiang by the renowned Song poet, Yan Shu (c. 991-1055). A
similarly carved lacquer screen, of larger size and attributed 街」圖，為李氏家族舊藏，錄於《Dragon and Phoenix.
to the Hongzhi period (r. 1488-1505), decorated with a scene Chinese Lacquer Ware, The Lee Family Collection》，
based on the Western Han tale Zouma zhangtai jie [Passing
東亞藝術博物館，科隆，1990年，編號 51，後售於香港
through Zhangtai Street on Horseback], from the Lee Family
佳士得2009年12月1日，編號1827。
Collection and included in the exhibition Dragon and Phoenix.
Chinese Lacquer Ware. The Lee Family Collection, Museum 據此屏詩後印章，或與出生書香門第之秦濟（字公
of East Asian Art, Cologne, 1990, cat. no. 51, was sold at
楫，1652－1735）相關。
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st December 2009, lot 1827.
According to the seals, the present screen is probably linked to
the scholar Qin Jin (1652 - 1735), whose studio name is Gongji.

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