A very large Coromandel lacquer coffer. Kangxi period (1661 - 1722) - image-1
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Lot 114 Dα

A very large Coromandel lacquer coffer. Kangxi period (1661 - 1722)

Auction 1190 - overview Cologne
11.12.2021, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 70.000 € - 90.000 €

A very large Coromandel lacquer coffer. Kangxi period (1661 - 1722)

Of rectangular shape. The hinged liddisplöaying a landscape in which Shoulao sit on a rocky platform and is about receive various visitors: on the left Xiwangmu and her entourage, at the centre the Eight immortals and to the left two dignitaries. The front shows a palace with terrace and entrance gate, with Gui Ziyi sitting in the main hall and receiving visiting sons, at the sides still lifes with Flowervase, fruit baskets and antique objects, at the backside a lotus pond with a pheseant and other birds. The lock (a modern replacement) with a large key, at the sides two large bronze handles. Black lacquer to the inside and large fittings for the hinges. Several losses to the top side, and chips all along the edges.
Height 84.5 cm; width 173.5 cm; depth 79 cm

清十七世紀世紀/晚期十八世紀早期
罕見黑漆款彩西王母壽老八仙郭子仪圖大箱
來源:德國黑森州私人收藏,出自赫斯特公司(Hoechst)收藏遺產,蒐集於二十世紀上半葉,後由其家族繼承
可比:Nicole Brugier著,《Les lacques de Coromandel》洛桑 2015年, 圖195

款彩在明清甚為普遍,特別常用於製作屏風,在清初成為潮流。
法国藏家收藏16至17世纪,中西方贸易频繁,款彩屏风是重要的贸易品之一,因为途径印度尼西亚万丹,故而被称为「万丹漆」。自清晚期始,法国又流行将中国的屏风或柜门截下,做成桌、几等面的做法。
款彩,也稱大雕填或刻灰,是一種漆器工藝。
款彩是在木板上以漆灰為底子,上黑漆或其他色漆,用類似白描的手法在漆面上勾出花紋,然後把花紋輪廓裡的漆灰清空,再補上各種色漆或色油在裡面,成為彩色圖畫。花紋輪廓高起,所以看上去像是印線裝書的木板。
手頭上的這個物件很可能是中國制造的。箱子的體積令人驚訝。
到目前尚未找到類似這種大尺寸的比較示例。
值得關注的是其形態描繪呈現的多樣性: 仙境,宮殿場景,古董靜物以及荷花池。
這些描繪在十八世紀的歐洲人看來是非常有異國情調的。
這在當年的中國是典型的屏風描繪的形式,作為呈獻給60至70歲的達官顯貴的生日禮物。
在阿姆斯特丹國立博物館有一個很類似的箱子。

Provenance

Private collection, Hesse, from the estate of the founding family of Farbwerke Hoechst, assembled in the first half of the 20th century

Literature

Nicole Brugier, Les lacques de Coromandel, Lausanne 2015, ill. p. 195 (decribed as England, 18th century)