Lot 100
CHINESE GILT-DECORATED RED LACQUER 'DRAGON' BRUSH AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, WANLI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明萬曆 「大明萬曆年製」楷書款 紅漆描金龍紋管筆 帶木盒
the cylindrical handle of red lacquer painted in gilt with sinuous dragon chasing flaming pearl, the end inscribed with a six-character Wanli mark in regular script within a vertical cartouche, the conforming brush cover painted en suite
Dimensions
brush pen: 27.2cm high
Provenance
Formerly in a private Japanese collection
日本私人舊藏
Footnote
For a lacquer brush similarly painted with dragons but marked to the Jiajing reign is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no. Gu Wen故文001564N. Compare to other lacquer brushes similarly with Wanli mark: one painted with dragon was sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 13 December 2010, lot 5182; another ‘dragon’ brush pen was sold at Christie's London, 15 Jul 2005, lot 303; one further example painted with scholars was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 May 2014, lot 24.
一件與此類似、繪有龍紋並帶有嘉靖款識的漆筆，現藏於台北國立故宮博物院，館藏編號: 故文001564N。可與其他同樣帶有萬曆款識的漆筆相比較：其中一件繪有龍紋者，2010年12月13日在舊金山邦瀚斯，拍品5182；另一件龍紋筆曾於2005年7月15日在倫敦佳士得，拍品303；還有一件繪有文人圖案者，2014年5月26日在香港蘇富比，拍品24。