
Lot 109
A RARE BLACK AND RED PAINTED GOLD-INLAID LACQUER BOX AND COVER Western Han Dynasty
29 – 30 May 2022, 15:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific PlaceSold for HK$12,750 inc. premium
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A RARE BLACK AND RED PAINTED GOLD-INLAID LACQUER BOX AND COVER
Western Han Dynasty
Of rectangular form with rounded corners, lacquered in black, gold-inlaid animals in flight amidst the cloud patterns painted in red and yellow lacquer on four sides and on the top, a silver plate in arrow form is missing with the space reserved and unlacquered, box. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.
Of rectangular form with rounded corners, lacquered in black, gold-inlaid animals in flight amidst the cloud patterns painted in red and yellow lacquer on four sides and on the top, a silver plate in arrow form is missing with the space reserved and unlacquered, box. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.
Footnotes
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價
西漢 彩繪貼金雲氣動物紋漆長方盒
Provenance
The Feng Wen Tang Collection
來源:
奉文堂珍藏
Compare the form of the present lot with a rectangular case with cloud and beast pattern in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in In a Myriad of Forms: The Ancient Chinese Lacquers, Shanghai, 2018, pp.56-57.
木胎,盒呈長方形,直壁,平底。盒由套蓋與器身上下套合而成,通體髹黑漆,盒頂及盒外朱漆彩繪雲氣紋,飾有貼金動物穿梭于雲氣之間。器形可參考一件彩繪雲獸紋漆長方盒,見《千文萬華:中國歷代漆器藝術》,上海,2018年,頁56-57。