Lot 7
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
清 嵌銀絲紫檀百寶嵌胡人戲獅圖方形筆舔
of rectangular form, the top panel secured on a hinge on the upper side allowing about a hundred degrees of upright movement, the top panel finely inlaid with a foreigner riding on a Buddhist lion, the rim of the base inlaid with silver wire
9.5cm wide
A comparable example of a rectangular zitan brush palette, featuring a Mongol warrior battling against a Buddhist lion, dated to the Jiajing period of the Ming dynasty and attributed to Zhou Zhu, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2012, lot 308. Another round lacquer ink palette, see Wang Shixiang, Ancient Chinese Lacquer, Beijing, 1987, no.57, which has a scene of a Mongol warrior and a Buddhist lion on one side, similar to the current lot; this lacquer ink palette was originally from the Qing court collection, and later removed from the Palace by one of the Imperial concubines and thence by direct descent.
參一件明嘉靖紫檀嵌百寶筆舔,同樣施以胡人戲獅紋飾,傳周柱製,2012年月24日售於香港邦翰斯,拍品308;與本品及上述例子相似構圖的漆圓盒例子,參見王世襄編,《中國古代漆器》,北京,1987,圖版57。此漆器據稱由沙灘老虎洞宅,即清珍妃家出售,有可能該漆器與上述筆舔出自同一作坊。