十七世紀 朱漆錦地剔黑「鳳凰」雜寶紋筆筒

of cylindrical section, the sides supported on a flat base, finely carved through layers of black lacquer to the red ground below on the exterior with a striking design of two phoenix with outstretched wings flying amid beribboned auspicious objects, including ingots, stone chimes, double gourds and scrolls, the male distinguished from the female bird by his long serrated tail feathers, flying above a branch of peaches, the female with plain curling tail feathers wreathed in foliate sprays of chrysanthemum and camellias, all detailed with either a floral, cash or wan symbol-diaper ground, the feathers delineated with fine incisions, the red lower ground picked out with floral diapers, the interior and base left plain

There are a few small chips or light nibbles to the edges of the relief carving, including a 0.5 cm. section of lacquer missing at the tip-end of of one ribbon next to the female bird's head. There are a few light bruises and possibly minute relacquering in areas to the red ground. There is some typical crackles to the interior rim with also possibly some mild retouching to the brown lacquer, but overall the brushpot is in very good condition.
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在垂直面上難以均勻施漆，是以，漆製筆筒非常稀有。相近朱漆錦地淺剔黑，屬晚明大型漆作器皿之類。參考一長方形漆盒，刻人物亭台圖，錄於《唐物漆器—中国．朝鮮．琉球》，名古屋，1997年，圖版108。另有梅瓶及圓盒，分別飾開光式花卉紋及山水人物圖，載於《中國漆器全集》，卷5，福州，1995年，圖版172及173。亦有八方漆盒，飾山水人物圖，見於《中国の工芸：出光美術館蔵品図録》，東京，1989年，圖版379。尚有雕昆蟲花卉圖漆盤，售於紐約佳士得2006年3月29日，編號252。