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明萬曆 剔彩海水龍紋長方蓋盒 《大明萬曆乙未年製》款
描述
- lacquer
來源
Condition
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
拍品資料及來源
Boxes of this type with indented corners were popular in the Wanli reign and were produced both in porcelain and lacquer until the end of the Ming dynasty. A similar box but in red lacquer and with four-clawed dragons rather than five, was included in the exhibition East Asian Lacquer. The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, p. 102, no. 37, where it is noted that these boxes were used principally as presentation boxes that held important documents or gifts, and might have also been made as gifts presented to lower orders of nobility. Compare, also, another box of almost identical shape and design in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated in Chinese Art in Overseas Collections: Lacquerware, Taipei, 1987, p. 124, no. 121. See also a similarly shaped and carved polychrome 'dragon' box dated to the Wanli renchen year from the Sakamoto Goro Collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2013, lot 160.