拍品 81
81
A Rare Carved Red Lacquer Lozenge-Shaped Tiered Box and Stand
LACQUER WARES
A Rare Carved Red Lacquer Lozenge-Shaped Tiered Box and Stand

QIANLONG

細節
A Rare Carved Red Lacquer Lozenge-Shaped Tiered Box and Stand
Qianlong
Comprised of a cover, three trays and a stand, all of lozenge section, the top of the cover carved as if formed by two interlocking squares enclosing a small shou character in the center flanked on either side by a large scaly dragon, all reserved against a ground of roiling waves, the sides of the trays carved with panels of antiques and with lotus sprays at the corners, all with black-lacquered interiors, the fitted stand incised on top with foliate sprays within a keyfret-carved rim, the apron and ruyi-shaped feet carved with diaper pattern
123/8in. (31.4cm.) across stand, 9in. (22.9cm.) high

拍品專文

The shape of this box may be based on Ming dynasty prototypes, such as the lacquer box incised and painted with two dragons contesting a flaming pearl and incised on the base with a Longqing mark in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, The University, Birmingham, illustrated by F. Low-Beer, 'Chinese Lacquer of the Middle and Late Ming Period', B.M.F.E.A., No. 24, Stockholm, 1952, pl. 17, nos. 78 and 79.
A similar box is illustrated in Gugong qi tezhan mulu (Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum), Taipei, 1981, no. 57.