拍品 1691
1691
A RARE MING CINNABAR AND YELLOW LACQUER DISH
A RARE MING CINNABAR AND YELLOW LACQUER DISH

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A RARE MING CINNABAR AND YELLOW LACQUER DISH
HONGZHI PERIOD (1488-1505)

The centre of the dish finely carved through the top layer of cinnabar lacquer to the yellow ground with a festive scene of musicians, dancers and animals performing in a landscaped courtyard, with tribute bearers entering a sumptuous palace to pay respects, the cavetto with a composite floral band and the reverse with a lotus scroll, the base covered in brown lacquer
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam.

拍品專文

A comparable dish dated to the Hongzhi period and carved with a palatial scene on a yellow ground, is in the British Museum, illustrated by Derek Clifford, Chinese Carved Lacquer, London, pl. 58. Cf. also a mid-Ming dynasty square dish decorated with figures in leisurely pursuits on palace grounds, illustrated in Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, 5, pl. 50; and a Hongzhi period large hanging plaque carved with red and yellow lacquer with an elaborate palace scene, from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated ibid., pl. 49.