拍品 34
34
A RARE SMALL LAC BURGAUTE INCENSE BOX AND COVER
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 
A RARE SMALL LAC BURGAUTE INCENSE BOX AND COVER

WITH SEAL OF JIANG QIANLI, 17TH CENTURY

細節
A RARE SMALL LAC BURGAUTE INCENSE BOX AND COVER
WITH SEAL OF JIANG QIANLI, 17TH CENTURY
Of shallow, cylindrical form, the cover inlaid with fifty-six shou characters in various seal scripts within a square frame surrounded by a formalized floral diaper pattern in shell, and silver and gold foil, the sides with a different diaper pattern framed between horizontal bands, the interior of the cover with a single flying bat inlaid in shell on a brownish-black lacquer ground, the base inlaid in shell with the characters Qianli in seal script within a square cartouche
1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) diam.
來源
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, March, 1991.

拍品專文

Little is known about the artist Jiang Qianli, and he has been attributed to a broad range of dates, although recent research suggests he worked in the 17th century. For further information on Jiang Qianli, also known as Qiushui, see Li Zhongqing, A Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer Tray by Jiang Qianli, p. 63, and Wenwu, 1959:11, pp. 59-61.

See the inlaid covered box of slightly larger size by Jiang Qianli, illustrated by G. Tsang and H. Moss in Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 169, no. 144, where the authors discuss the remarkable skill shown in the fine inlay work. See, also, a related covered box by the artist illustrated in 2,000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993, p. 186, no. 97.