11th Mar, 2022 10:00

DAY 2 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 413
 

413

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX AND COVER, MING DYNASTY
明代剔紅錦地人物場景方盒

Sold for €12,640

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China, 16th century. The flat cover deeply and crisply carved with a scene of a scholar clutching a staff as he walks over a bridge, his young attendant carrying a parasol and picnic box behind him, all amid craggy rockwork and trees including a willow, maple, and others. A second boy looks toward them from the balcony of the pavilion above, a large screen and furniture behind him, all against a wave ground and within a plain border.

Provenance: The Mee-Din and Robert W. Moore Collection of Chinese Lacquer. Robert W. Moore is a famed California collector of Chinese and Korean art, whose passion began in the 1950s when he served in the US Army and was stationed in Korea. After his return to the United States, he began collecting Korean and later also Chinese works of art, particularly lacquer, and over the following decades became a very knowledgeable, discerning, and influential collector.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, minimal losses, expected age cracks and warping, the base with some minor touchups to black lacquer on the underside. The lacquer with a naturally grown, grain-like patina in some areas and an unctuous feel overall.

Weight: 829.5 g
Dimensions: Size 25.2 x 22.8 x 6.7 cm

The deep sides of the cover carved with lotus flowers borne on leafy stems against a diapered ground. The plain black-lacquered base with a simple broad foot, lacquered red to the exterior sides, and short straight sides that slide into the cover.

With an old Chinese wood box, inscribed in Chinese 'Red cinnabar lacquer box for ink stone', and blue silk pouch. (3)

Literature comparison: Compare a related cinnabar lacquer box and cover as well as a related cinnabar lacquer tray, both in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Zhu Jiajin and Xia Gengqi, Zhongguo qiqi quanji. Ming [Lacquer treasures from China. Ming dynasty], vol. 5, Fujian, 1997, p. 66, pl. 64 and p.77, pl. 77, respectively. Compare also a box and cover in the Kaisendo Museum, Yamagata prefecture, Japan, illustrated in the exhibition catalog Carved Lacquer, Tokugawa and Nezu Museums, 1984, p. 110, no. 151.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related but larger (41 cm long) cinnabar lacquer box and cover, also dated to the 16th century and carved with a very similar depiction, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 11 April 2008, lot 2950, sold for HKD 727,500.

明代剔紅錦地人物場景方盒
中國, 十六世紀。方盒蓋剔紅雕刻人物場景,近處一文士拄著拐杖過橋,從僕挑著雨傘和行李箱緊隨之後,周圍楊柳依依,樹木岩石環繞,橋下錦地紋描繪水波。對岸亭子内站著一人觀望著岸這邊,他身後有一個大屏風和家具。

來源:Mee-Din 與Robert W. Moore 中國漆器收藏。Robert W. Moore是加州著名的中國和韓國藝術收藏家,他的收藏熱情始於 1950 年代。當時他在美國軍隊服役並駐紮在韓國。回到美國後,他開始收藏韓國和中國的藝術品,尤其是漆器,在之後幾十年裡,他成為了一位知識淵博、眼光敏銳、影響深遠的收藏家。
品相:品相極好,輕微磨損與缺損,預期的老化裂紋和翹曲,黑漆底部有一些小修補。漆器局部有自然生長的顆粒狀光澤,整體具有油潤感。

重量:829.5 克
尺寸:25.2 x 22.8 x 6.7 厘米

盒蓋四面雕刻錦地蓮花卷葉紋。簡單的黑漆盒,簡單的寬腳,四邊框紅漆。

一個中國木盒,盒上寫有「堆朱硯箱」,以及藍色絲質袋。 (3)

文獻比較:一件相近剔紅蓋盒和一件剔紅托盤,見北京故宮博物院,見朱家溍、夏更起主編,《中國美術分類全集·中國漆器全集·明》,福建美術出版社,1997年,第66頁,圖64,第77頁,圖77。另一件蓋盒見日本山形縣蟹仙洞博物館見展覽目錄《彫漆》,德川美術館及根津美術館,1984年, 第110頁,編號 151。

拍賣結果比較:一件十六世紀相近但稍大 (長41 厘米) 剔紅漆蓋盒,相近紋飾,見香港蘇富比 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2008年4月11日 lot 2950, 售價HKD 727,500。

 

China, 16th century. The flat cover deeply and crisply carved with a scene of a scholar clutching a staff as he walks over a bridge, his young attendant carrying a parasol and picnic box behind him, all amid craggy rockwork and trees including a willow, maple, and others. A second boy looks toward them from the balcony of the pavilion above, a large screen and furniture behind him, all against a wave ground and within a plain border.

Provenance: The Mee-Din and Robert W. Moore Collection of Chinese Lacquer. Robert W. Moore is a famed California collector of Chinese and Korean art, whose passion began in the 1950s when he served in the US Army and was stationed in Korea. After his return to the United States, he began collecting Korean and later also Chinese works of art, particularly lacquer, and over the following decades became a very knowledgeable, discerning, and influential collector.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, minimal losses, expected age cracks and warping, the base with some minor touchups to black lacquer on the underside. The lacquer with a naturally grown, grain-like patina in some areas and an unctuous feel overall.

Weight: 829.5 g
Dimensions: Size 25.2 x 22.8 x 6.7 cm

The deep sides of the cover carved with lotus flowers borne on leafy stems against a diapered ground. The plain black-lacquered base with a simple broad foot, lacquered red to the exterior sides, and short straight sides that slide into the cover.

With an old Chinese wood box, inscribed in Chinese 'Red cinnabar lacquer box for ink stone', and blue silk pouch. (3)

Literature comparison: Compare a related cinnabar lacquer box and cover as well as a related cinnabar lacquer tray, both in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Zhu Jiajin and Xia Gengqi, Zhongguo qiqi quanji. Ming [Lacquer treasures from China. Ming dynasty], vol. 5, Fujian, 1997, p. 66, pl. 64 and p.77, pl. 77, respectively. Compare also a box and cover in the Kaisendo Museum, Yamagata prefecture, Japan, illustrated in the exhibition catalog Carved Lacquer, Tokugawa and Nezu Museums, 1984, p. 110, no. 151.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related but larger (41 cm long) cinnabar lacquer box and cover, also dated to the 16th century and carved with a very similar depiction, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 11 April 2008, lot 2950, sold for HKD 727,500.

明代剔紅錦地人物場景方盒
中國, 十六世紀。方盒蓋剔紅雕刻人物場景,近處一文士拄著拐杖過橋,從僕挑著雨傘和行李箱緊隨之後,周圍楊柳依依,樹木岩石環繞,橋下錦地紋描繪水波。對岸亭子内站著一人觀望著岸這邊,他身後有一個大屏風和家具。

來源:Mee-Din 與Robert W. Moore 中國漆器收藏。Robert W. Moore是加州著名的中國和韓國藝術收藏家,他的收藏熱情始於 1950 年代。當時他在美國軍隊服役並駐紮在韓國。回到美國後,他開始收藏韓國和中國的藝術品,尤其是漆器,在之後幾十年裡,他成為了一位知識淵博、眼光敏銳、影響深遠的收藏家。
品相:品相極好,輕微磨損與缺損,預期的老化裂紋和翹曲,黑漆底部有一些小修補。漆器局部有自然生長的顆粒狀光澤,整體具有油潤感。

重量:829.5 克
尺寸:25.2 x 22.8 x 6.7 厘米

盒蓋四面雕刻錦地蓮花卷葉紋。簡單的黑漆盒,簡單的寬腳,四邊框紅漆。

一個中國木盒,盒上寫有「堆朱硯箱」,以及藍色絲質袋。 (3)

文獻比較:一件相近剔紅蓋盒和一件剔紅托盤,見北京故宮博物院,見朱家溍、夏更起主編,《中國美術分類全集·中國漆器全集·明》,福建美術出版社,1997年,第66頁,圖64,第77頁,圖77。另一件蓋盒見日本山形縣蟹仙洞博物館見展覽目錄《彫漆》,德川美術館及根津美術館,1984年, 第110頁,編號 151。

拍賣結果比較:一件十六世紀相近但稍大 (長41 厘米) 剔紅漆蓋盒,相近紋飾,見香港蘇富比 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2008年4月11日 lot 2950, 售價HKD 727,500。

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