China. Of circular shape, the flat top to the domed cover painted in gilt and shades of red, brown, and green with two long-tailed birds perched on flowering peony branches growing from craggy rockwork, all on a black lacquer ground and above a red-lacquered basketweave band to the rounded sides, mirrored on the box supported on a tall spreading foot.

Inscriptions: To the base, ‘Dinghai (corresponding to 1647) Guilin (city in Guangxi province)’ and ‘Hong yi jun ban (made by Hong Yijun). To the interior of the cover, ‘Hong Jun ban’.

Provenance: Collection of Gérard Lévy. Gérard Lévy (1934-2016), named by Le Figaro as ‘The Man with the Carnation’ for the flower he would always wear on his lapel, was a revered dealer and connoisseur of Asian art and antique photography. His gallery in Paris, designed by Le Corbusier, opened in 1966, and is today run and managed by his daughter, with the help of her two brothers, both renowned collectors themselves. About his collection, Gérard Lévy once said, “The intention was that my collection should be off the beaten track. Should you share my taste, I will know that I was right to collect along these lines. But in any case, I have gained enormous pleasure from my collection.”
Condition: Good, mostly original condition with old wear, expected crackling, scattered touchups, and minor old repairs. Small losses and minor chips here and there.

Weight: 1,135 g
Dimensions: Diameter 39.3 cm

Literature comparison: See Arts of Asia, September-October 1985, p. 61, fig. 18, for a closely related food box and cover dated 1635, and p. 62, fig. 19, for a closely related octagonal box and cover dated 1674. For the cover of a circular food box painted in polychrome lacquer with a similar scene of two pheasants in garden, see James C.Y. Watt, The Sumptuous Basket: Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels, China Institute of America, 1985, cat. no. 9, pp. 46-47, described as late 16th-early 17th century.

Auction result comparison: Compare a painted lacquer circular box and cover, dated to the 17th century and with similar basketweave bands, but of slightly different form and smaller size (27.5 cm diameter), at Bonhams London, in Roger Keverne Ltd Moving On (Part II), on 7 June 2021, lot 565, sold for EUR 3,745 (GBP 3,187).

丁亥年漆彩藤編蓋盒
中國，藤編圓盒帶蓋，圓蓋的平頂鏡面黑地漆金和上紅色、棕色和綠色繪彩。兩隻有著長長羽毛的鳥棲息在從崎嶇岩石上長出的綻放的芍藥枝上。圈足高且寬大。丁亥年製，應爲1647年。

款識：底部可見“丁亥 桂林”與“洪一俊 办”字樣。盒内“洪俊办”。

來源：Gérard Lévy收藏。Gérard Lévy (1934-2016) 被費加羅報命名為“康乃馨先生”，因為他總是在領上佩戴著康乃馨花，他是一位受人尊敬的亞洲藝術和古董攝影經銷商和鑑賞家。 他在巴黎的畫廊由Le Corbusier 設計，於 1966 年開業，如今由他的女兒在她的兩個兄弟的幫助下經營和管理，兩位兄弟都是著名的收藏家。 關於他的收藏，Gérard Lévy 曾經說過，“我要讓我的收藏與眾不同。如果你我品味相投，我就會知道我收藏的方向是正確的。 但無論如何，我從我的收藏中獲得了巨大的樂趣。”
品相：狀況良好，大部分為原始狀態，有磨損、預期的開裂和舊時修補。 到處都是小缺損失和小開裂。

重量：1,135 克
尺寸：直徑39.3 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件漆繪蓋盒，十七世紀，相似藤編但形狀不同，尺寸稍小 (直徑27.5 厘米), 見倫敦邦翰思 Roger Keverne Ltd Moving On (Part II), 2021年6月7日 lot 565, 售價EUR 3,745 (GBP 3,187)。