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PROPERTY FROM THE MEE-DIN AND ROBERT W. MOORE COLLECTION OF CHINESE LACQUER
A mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer low table, kangzhou
18th centuryOf Ming dynasty form, the top decorated with multiple conjoined or single stylized flower-head, bat and bird medallions within floral scrolls at the borders and a key-pattern design at the corners, the sides, waist, apron and short solid cabriole legs with further fruit and flower sprays. 40 x 24 x 12in (101.6 x 60.9 x 30.5cm)
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十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿花鳥圖炕桌Early mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer furniture is relatively scarce. Our example which can safely be dated to the 18th century might also date to the second-half of the 17th century, following so closely, as it does, the construction favored by the late Ming and early Qing cabinet makers. For other examples of furniture, see an earlier throne with similar 'loose' flower sprays on its apron and legs dated to the Ming dynasty illustrated by Zhu Jiajin and Xia Gengqi, Zhongguo qiqi quanji. Ming [Lacquer treasures from China. Ming dynasty], vol. 5, Fujian, 1997, p. 209, pl. 192; and a large enclosed four-post bed with more stylised flowerhead medallions bordering the back panel is illustrated Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum) Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), Hong Kong, 2002, pp.10-13, no. 3. Comparable examples of lacquer ware with inlaid 'flora and fauna' roundels can be found but they are limited, see two boxes in the Qing Court Collection, one red lacquered, and one black, with exquisite mother-of-pearl inlays illustrated Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum) Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pp. 234-235, no's 176-177 respectively. Another Black lacquer example is illustrated Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum) Qing Lacquer Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, pp.159, no. 177. For another box and cover with similar single and grouped floral medallions dated to the 18th century, see Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 4 May 1994, lot 295.See also ibid., pp. 76-77, no. 52 for a cinnabar lacquer box in the form of a slipcase decorated in relief with similar floral roundels some single and some conjoined over almost the the entire surface. The same publication also illustrates, a small kang table with mother-of-pearl decoration of loose flower sprays dotted around the apron and sides which resemble the treatment on ours. It is dated Mid Qing Dynasty.For a black lacquer display cabinet dated to the 17th century and painted, rather than inlaid, with floral medallions, see 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. 146-147, no. 44.For an early Qing period inlaid mother-of-pearl altar table in the Palace Museum, Beijing, that has similar floral inlays to those on the sides of our table, see Hu Desheng, The Palace Museum Collection, A Treasury of Ming and Qing Dynasty Palace Furniture, Vol. I, Beijing, 2007, pp.272-273, fig. 312.
