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A rare cinnabar lacquer 'basketweave' square box, tray and cover Late Ming Dynasty, early 17th century (3) image 1
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A rare cinnabar lacquer 'basketweave' square box, tray and cover
Late Ming Dynasty, early 17th century

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
4 June 2015, 10:30 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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A rare cinnabar lacquer 'basketweave' square box, tray and cover

Late Ming Dynasty, early 17th century
The quatrelobed box and cover each with four panels of gilt basketweave set within the red lacquer trefoil ground, the cover with a square lacquer panel on the top carved with a pair of birds perched on blossoming magnolia branches, the interior containing a square black lacquer tray set with a recessed red lacquer dish shaped as a lobed chrysanthemum.
14.5cm (5 3/4in) wide (3).

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明十七世紀早期 剔紅描金編竹花卉紋委角方盒，內藏蓮瓣式托盤

Basketry of this type was popular during the mid to late Ming dynasty and are usually seen with polychrome, gold painting, or mother-of-pearl inlay. The present lot with carved lacquer, however, is one of the rarer examples, executed with meticulous care and attention to detail, particularly evident in the treatment of the birds and magnolia branches. Compare a very similar example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt and B.B.Ford, East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, New York, 1991, no.64.

Compare another similar lacquer box and cover with basketweave panels in the Cleveland Museum of Art which is dated to 1609, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watts, The Sumptuous Basket: Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels, New York, 1985, no.29.

Other related examples of lacquer basketweave boxes and covers, from the Muwen Tang Collection, are illustrated by S.Kwan, Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, 2010, pls.85-95.

此類雕有藤編紋漆盒在明代中晚期十分盛行，其中以彩繪描金和嵌螺鈿工藝最常見。此拍品以雕漆工藝為主，蓋面上花鳥紋之雕刻技藝精細，為傳世品中較為少見的珍品。參考一件非常相似的例子，現藏於美國紐約大都會博物館，見J.C.Y.Watt和B.B.Ford著，《East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection》，紐約，1991年，編號64。

美國克里夫蘭美術館藏也有一件雕藤編紋的漆盒例子，落有1609紀年年款，見J.C.Y.Watts著，《The Sumptuous Basket: Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels》，紐約，1985年，編號29。其他相關例子可參閱沐文堂之藏品，見關善明著，《中國漆藝》，香港，2010年，圖版85至95。

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