10th Mar, 2023 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A CLOISONNÉ AND ZITAN ‘RUYI’ BOX AND COVER, 18TH CENTURY
十八世紀紫檀鑲掐絲琺瑯如意蓋盒
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
China. The ruyi-shaped cloisonné plaque is brightly enameled with a six-petaled flowerhead issuing leafy scrolling vines against a turquoise-blue ground, encircled by an embossed and finely gilt copper alloy frame. The cloisonné wires are also gilt, which may indicate an Imperial connection. The Zitan wood box and cover are of an attractive grain and elegant reddish-black color, the base showing the expected crabs-claw marks.
Provenance: Swedish trade, by repute previously in a Swedish private estate. The interior of the cover with an old collector’s label, ‘181’.
Condition: Very good condition with old wear and manufacturing irregularities, few tiny nicks, little rubbing to gilt, and expected minor age cracks.
Weight: 282.6 g
Dimensions: Length 16.5 cm
Expert’s note: Ruyi-shaped boxes have a long history in China, but are extremely rare in cloisonné. Examples include a Sancai glazed Phoenix box, Tang Dynasty, at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3379, sold for HKD 400,000 (fig. 1), a Faux Bois porcelain box, Qianlong mark and period, at Christie’s London, 6 November 2021, lot 242, sold for GBP 12,500 (fig. 2), and an inlaid Huanghuali box, 18th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 4, estimated at HKD 150,000 (fig. 3).
十八世紀紫檀鑲掐絲琺瑯如意蓋盒
中國。如意形掐絲琺瑯，綠松石色地，纏枝蓮紋，邊緣鎏金凸起。紫檀木蓋盒，紋路誘人，非常素雅，底可見蟹爪紋。
來源：瑞典古玩交易，據説來自一個瑞典私人舊藏。蓋內有一個收藏家標籤 ‘181’。
品相：狀況極好，有磨損和製造不規則，微小的劃痕，鎏金輕微磨損，輕微老化裂紋。
重量：282.6 克
尺寸：長16.5 釐米
專家注釋：如意盒的製作和使用在中國歷史悠久，但鑲嵌景泰藍的極為罕見。比如香港佳士得的唐代三彩釉鳳凰盒，2016年11月30日，lot 3379，售價 HKD 400,000 (圖 1)，一個木紋釉盒，乾隆款及年代，見倫敦佳士得2021年11月6日 lot 242，售價 GBP 12,500 (圖2),以及一個黃花梨鑲嵌盒，十八世紀，見香港蘇富比2018年5月 30日 lot 4，估價 HKD 150,000 (圖3)。
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China. The ruyi-shaped cloisonné plaque is brightly enameled with a six-petaled flowerhead issuing leafy scrolling vines against a turquoise-blue ground, encircled by an embossed and finely gilt copper alloy frame. The cloisonné wires are also gilt, which may indicate an Imperial connection. The Zitan wood box and cover are of an attractive grain and elegant reddish-black color, the base showing the expected crabs-claw marks.
Provenance: Swedish trade, by repute previously in a Swedish private estate. The interior of the cover with an old collector’s label, ‘181’.
Condition: Very good condition with old wear and manufacturing irregularities, few tiny nicks, little rubbing to gilt, and expected minor age cracks.
Weight: 282.6 g
Dimensions: Length 16.5 cm
Expert’s note: Ruyi-shaped boxes have a long history in China, but are extremely rare in cloisonné. Examples include a Sancai glazed Phoenix box, Tang Dynasty, at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3379, sold for HKD 400,000 (fig. 1), a Faux Bois porcelain box, Qianlong mark and period, at Christie’s London, 6 November 2021, lot 242, sold for GBP 12,500 (fig. 2), and an inlaid Huanghuali box, 18th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 4, estimated at HKD 150,000 (fig. 3).
十八世紀紫檀鑲掐絲琺瑯如意蓋盒
中國。如意形掐絲琺瑯，綠松石色地，纏枝蓮紋，邊緣鎏金凸起。紫檀木蓋盒，紋路誘人，非常素雅，底可見蟹爪紋。
來源：瑞典古玩交易，據説來自一個瑞典私人舊藏。蓋內有一個收藏家標籤 ‘181’。
品相：狀況極好，有磨損和製造不規則，微小的劃痕，鎏金輕微磨損，輕微老化裂紋。
重量：282.6 克
尺寸：長16.5 釐米
專家注釋：如意盒的製作和使用在中國歷史悠久，但鑲嵌景泰藍的極為罕見。比如香港佳士得的唐代三彩釉鳳凰盒，2016年11月30日，lot 3379，售價 HKD 400,000 (圖 1)，一個木紋釉盒，乾隆款及年代，見倫敦佳士得2021年11月6日 lot 242，售價 GBP 12,500 (圖2),以及一個黃花梨鑲嵌盒，十八世紀，見香港蘇富比2018年5月 30日 lot 4，估價 HKD 150,000 (圖3)。
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