明初 黑漆嵌螺鈿「文士雅集」圖葵花盤

of lobed form with eight bracket foliations, the shallow sides rising from a recessed circular base, the interior finely inlaid with a gathering of sages in a country residence, depicting a group of scholars greeted on their arrival after passing the arched gateway, while others sit engaged in conversations in a curtained chamber nearby and two below play a game of weiqi, another in the forefront approaches the walled garden on a horseback followed by attendants carrying food and refreshments, all among cragged rocks and a lush variety of trees below swirled clouds in the distance, the inside walls picked out with eight quatrefoil panels against a cash-diaper ground, each enclosing a scene of scholars amongst different garden settings, the underside lacquered in black

《高岡市菅池家藏品入札目錄》，金沢美術俱樂部，1931年11月29日，編號184

There are minor losses to the mother-of-pearl inlays, and retouching to the black lacquer to secure cracks. The underside has old relacquering, and wrinkles to the recessed base. The overall condition is quite good.
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明初花式漆盤甚為罕見，此品飾嵌螺鈿，圖紋緻密，作工精良，尤顯珍稀。漆盤以細碎螺鈿細緻表現山水亭台間文人雅集場景，貝殼色澤豐富、光彩斑斕，更添生氣。有相近花式盤，現藏紐約大都會藝術博物館，飾庭院仕女，並綴繁密花卉紋，圖見屈志仁及 Barbara Brennan Ford，《East Asian Lacquer. The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection》，紐約，1991年，圖版60。相關器例，也可見紐約佳士得2008年9月19日，編號135。另有一件花式盤，售於倫敦蘇富比1963年3月26日，編號30，原屬 H.R.N. Norton 藏，尺寸較小，內嵌飾高士偕童快意林間，內壁綴三花形開光，該品於紐約佳士得2001年10月16日再度售出，編號227。