拍品专文
A similar lock is illustrated in Daily Life in the Forbidden City, Viking, New York, 1988, p. 89, no. 124 bottom
细节
A PAIR OF BRONZE CABINET LOCKS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER CAST MARKS
Each cast in high relief with two pairs of five-clawed dragons contesting flaming pearls amidst clouds above a baoshan haishui band, the nianhao cast in a line within a cartouche, the lock pin with facted handle cast with florettes and leaves framing a ring-matte ground, one inscribed jia, the other bing, corresponding to one and three--of each lock 11¼in. (28.5cm.) long (2)
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER CAST MARKS
Each cast in high relief with two pairs of five-clawed dragons contesting flaming pearls amidst clouds above a baoshan haishui band, the nianhao cast in a line within a cartouche, the lock pin with facted handle cast with florettes and leaves framing a ring-matte ground, one inscribed jia, the other bing, corresponding to one and three--of each lock 11¼in. (28.5cm.) long (2)