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拍品專文
It is extremely rare to find surviving Yuan dynasty lacquer horse saddles, and the present example appears to be unique.
It is interesting to note that inlaid mother-of-pearl lacquer horse saddles were also made in Japan around the same time during the 12th to 13th century. See two examples, both registered as 'National Treasures' in Japan and dated to the Kamakura period in the 13th century , in the Eisei-Bunko Museum, Tokyo and exhibited in The Lineage of Culture- The Hosokawa Family Eisei Bunko Collection, Tokyo National Museum, 2010, Catalogue, nos. 10 and 11, and illustrated in East Asian Urushi Lacquer Work with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay, The Tokugawa Art Museum, The Agency of Cultural Affairs and The Chunichi Shimbun, 1999, nos. 93 and 94. Another two examples, registered as 'Important Cultural Property' in Japan, are in the collection of Tokyo National Museum and The Agency of Cultural Affairs, Tokyo respectively, ibid, nos. 87 and 95.
It is interesting to note that inlaid mother-of-pearl lacquer horse saddles were also made in Japan around the same time during the 12th to 13th century. See two examples, both registered as 'National Treasures' in Japan and dated to the Kamakura period in the 13th century , in the Eisei-Bunko Museum, Tokyo and exhibited in The Lineage of Culture- The Hosokawa Family Eisei Bunko Collection, Tokyo National Museum, 2010, Catalogue, nos. 10 and 11, and illustrated in East Asian Urushi Lacquer Work with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay, The Tokugawa Art Museum, The Agency of Cultural Affairs and The Chunichi Shimbun, 1999, nos. 93 and 94. Another two examples, registered as 'Important Cultural Property' in Japan, are in the collection of Tokyo National Museum and The Agency of Cultural Affairs, Tokyo respectively, ibid, nos. 87 and 95.