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Lot 123Y

A fine huanghuali square dressing case with folding mirror stand, jingjia
Qing Dynasty

1 December 2020, 15:30 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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A fine huanghuali square dressing case with folding mirror stand, jingjia

Qing Dynasty
The folding mirror standing on top of a dressing case with double doors opening to reveal three stacked drawers, all supported on four hoof feet, the lattice panel of the mirror stand carved with peony and prunus sprigs, framing a central begonia-shaped motif, the bottom of the stand with a lotus leaf-shaped support for the mirror, the corners and edges decorated and reinforced with metal straps. 33.3cm (13 1/8in) wide x 33.3cm (13 1/8in) deep x 17.5cm (6 7/8in) high.

Footnotes

清 黃花梨折疊鏡臺

Provenance:
Chan Shing Kee, Hong Kong
A Hong Kong private collection, acquired from the above on 5 July 2007

來源:
陳勝記,香港
香港私人收藏,於2007年7月5日從以上購得

Compare with a similar mirror stand in the Wang Shixiang collection, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Mingshi jiaju yanjiu, Beijing, 2007, p.211, pl.wu 28. Compare also with a related example, late Ming dynasty, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, London, 1986, p.240.

See a related example, late Ming dynasty, from the collection of Dr.S.Y.Yip, illustrated by G.Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench, The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, Hong Kong, 1998, no.65; another related late Ming dynasty example from the same collection was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 April 2017, lot 3507.

黃花梨為材,鏡架背板攢框而成,分成三層四格,每格內安鏤空花卉紋裝板,正中方格安四角牙,斗成菱花紋,中空以備鏡鈕穿過,下層正中安荷葉式托,臺面四角包銅,臺身安門兩扇,門框格榫攢邊,內側安銅鎖頭插銷,內安抽屜,可放鏡子、首飾,屜門安銅活,內翻馬蹄足,此器設計精巧,便於收納攜帶,為閨閣佳物。

王世襄舊藏一件明代黃花梨折疊式鏡台形制和本件類似,惟其荷葉式托可以上下移動,見王世襄著,《明式家具研究》,北京,2007年,戊28,頁211。上海博物館藏一件明代晚期鏡臺亦資參考,見王世襄著,《Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties》,倫敦,1986年,頁240。還可比較葉承耀醫生舊藏一件黃花梨鏡臺,著錄於伍嘉恩,《攻玉山房藏明式黃花梨家具》,1998年,編號65;攻玉山房另一件明晚期黃花梨鏡臺亦可比較之,2017年4月5日,拍品編號3507。

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