Lot 42 清乾隆　剔紅仙人賀壽圖雙層套盒連座 | A VERY RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'IMMORTAL' TWO-TIERED COVERED BOX AND STAND

清乾隆　剔紅仙人賀壽圖雙層套盒連座 | A VERY RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'IMMORTAL' TWO-TIERED COVERED BOX AND STAND

Qianlong

HKD 1,200,000

HKD 1200000 - 1800000

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Qianlong
Of square form with four ruyi-shaped corners, the cover finely carved to the top with a large wan emblem centred by a medallion of Shoulao, reserved against a wave-diaper ground scattered with bats, the sides of the cover and lower section each finely carved with square panels depicting bats amidst clouds, the four corners decorated with auspicious motifs, all supported on a separate red lacquer stand of conforming shape carved with meandering flowers, fitted box.
18.8cm (7 5/8in) high (4).
Footnotes
清乾隆　剔紅仙人賀壽圖雙層套盒連座
Provenance:
Christie's Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 3124
Published and Illustrated:
Zhang Rong, ed., The Creation of Natural Immensity and Grandeur: The Yang Ming Shan Fang Collection of Lacquer from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing, 2020, pp.182-185, no.55
香港佳士得，2015年12月2日，拍品編號3124
張榮主編，《巧法造化：陽明山房藏宋元明清漆器》，北京，2020年，頁182至185，編號55
Cinnabar lacquer boxes and covers of this type are extremely rare, not to mention those made together with matching display stands. Ingeniously designed to combine function and aesthetics, this type of box would have graced the Emperor's studios, placed alongside stationery and various scholarly items.
See a closely related carved cinnabar lacquer square four-tier box and cover with stand, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, Palace Museum, Taipei (acc.no.guqi000070). Other carved cinnabar lacquer boxes of irregular form and with stand are in the Qing Court Collection, at the Palace Museum, Beijing, including a carved cinnabar lacquer chime-shaped box and cover carved with Immortals on the cover, Mid-Qing dynasty, and a carved cinnabar lacquer plum-blossom shaped box and cover with stand, Mid-Qing dynasty, also carved with Immortals, illustrated in , Hong Kong, 2006, pp.58-61, nos.39-40.
The large symbol on the cover of the present lot, which denotes the number ten thousand and symbolises myriad blessings, is unusual. A related application of a magnified decorated with a diaper pattern can be seen on a cinnabar lacquer square box, mid-Qing dynasty, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in , Shanghai, 2018, p.160, no.105. See also a pair of carved cinnabar lacquer boxes and covers with a large -character in the centre formed with twisted rope, Qianlong, illustrated by J.Ayers, , vol.III, London, 2020, p.859, no.1974-1975. See also a carved cinnabar lacquer circular box and cover with a large ('good fortune'), Qianlong, in the Qing Court Collection, Palace Museum Beijing (acc.no.gu00225289).
The bat, amid the swirling cloud pattern carved on the cover, displays an impressive three-dimensional effect and is characteristic of lacquerware produced during the Qianlong period, designed to cater to the aesthetic preferences of the Emperor. The bats together with the character form the rebus ('ten thousand blessings'). See two examples with their covers decorated with distinctive swirling clouds, Qianlong, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in , Taipei, 2008, p.130, nos.125-126. See also a cinnabar lacquer charger, Qianlong, carved with comparable bat and cloud pattern, illustrated in , p.142, no.145.
蓋盒正方，四角呈如意雲頭式，直壁隨形，下承托座。通體髹朱漆，色澤濃郁，包漿潤朗。頂面依「卍」字為主體，等分為四，中心作圓形開光，剔紅壽老端坐松下，「卍」字內雕錦紋，外雕雲蝠紋。四面側壁居中開光，內作錦地，雕雲蝠紋，上下四角亦施錦地，剔紅八寶，各居一方。托座立水亦飾如意雲頭，剔紅纏枝花卉。整器明燦貴麗，瑞氣撲面而來。
剔紅蓋盒如本品者已屬罕見，配座者更為難得。此盒設計巧妙，兼實用與美觀，或曾陳於御用書齋，與文房諸器相伴。參考台北故宮博物院清宮舊藏一件清代剔紅方形四層套盒（館藏編號：故漆000070）。北京故宮博物院藏其他清宮舊藏剔紅盒連座，形制不一，包括一件清中期剔紅群仙祝壽圖磬式盒及一件清中期剔紅祝壽圖梅花式盒，著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：清代漆器》，香港，2006年，頁58至61，編號39至40。
本品蓋面所飾「卍」字，表萬數，寓萬福之意，頗為特殊。類似放大「卍」字飾錦地紋者，見上海博物館藏一件清中期剔紅方盒，載於《千文萬華：中國歷代漆器藝術》，上海，2018年，頁160，編號105。另見一對乾隆時期剔紅蓋盒，蓋中央以繩紋構成大「卍」字，見J.Ayers，《Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen》，卷3，倫敦，2020年，頁859，編號1974–1975。類似工藝，又可參考北京故宮博物院清宮舊藏一件乾隆朝剔紅圓蓋盒，中央飾「福」字（館藏編號：故00225289）。
蓋面復雕蝙蝠穿行於翻捲雲紋之間，立體感強烈，盡顯乾隆朝漆器之典型風格，符合帝王審美品味。蝙蝠與「卍」字相合，構成「萬福」之吉祥寓意。參考清宮舊藏兩件乾隆蓋盒，蓋面飾類似雲紋，見《和光剔彩：故宮藏漆》，台北，2008年，頁130，編號125至126。另見一件乾隆朝剔紅大盤，雕相類蝙蝠雲紋，見同書，頁142，編號145。