清 剔犀镂空云龙麒麟龟凤菊花纹盒盖饰件

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清 镂空剔犀云龙麒麟龟凤菊花纹盒盖饰件 炉盖 盒盖饰件

参考：佳士得 現場拍賣 2893
歐洲私人珍藏重要中國藝術品
30 11月 2011
拍品 2907
A RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN ‘DRAGON’ LIBATION CUP
清十八世紀犀角雕雲龍戲珠紋盃

成交價 HKD 7,340,000
估價 HKD 5,000,000 – HKD 7,000,000

清十八世紀 犀角雕雲龍戲珠紋盃

盃撇口，歛足。通景雕雲龍紋，一條蛟龍騰躍於盃內，外壁雲中五龍盤繞，身體矯健，若隱若現，其中兩條游弋於一側形成盃鋬，面面相對，追趕火珠。

此器色如蒸栗，色澤瑩潤，工匠採用浮雕和鏤雕工藝雕琢，雕工精細嫻熟，龍騰雲湧，氣勢磅礡，為難得的精品。

北京故宮博物院藏一件較大但紋飾主題相仿的犀角雕九龍紋盃，見2001年香港出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系《竹木牙角雕刻》，圖版202號。

注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

拍品專文
This cup belongs to a rare group of rhinoceros horn carvings depicting dragons in a naturalistic manner as opposed to the more standard archaistic variety. Perhaps the example that compares closest is a ‘nine dragon’cup in the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art displaying very similarly rendered dragons emerging from clouds illustrated by T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 12. Interestingly one of the dragons is shown with its tail emerging at the base in a similar manner to the dragon’s leg on the base of the present cup. Another closely related example signed by the famous artist You Kan was sold at Christie’s London, 11 July 2006, lot 37.

Compare also an example in the Chester Beatty Library Collection illustrated by J. Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p. 178, no. 234 along with dragons on the interior of another example from the J.J. Witsenburg Collection, no. 236 and a ‘dragon’ cup from the Dora Wong Collection, no. 235. In all three cases, a dragon has been carved as the handle of each cup, and according to Chapman, “Even more challenging from a technical viewpoint are those carvings in which the body of the dragon is made to weave in and out from the exterior to the interior of the cup.”, p. 178.

See, also, a large cup carved with very similar dragons in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing illustrated in The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings, Beijing, 2002, no, 206.

狀況報告
– One or two age cracks running from the rim as can be expected.
– There is a loss to the wave on the base.
– There appear to be losses to the whiskers, horns and claws of several dragons which have been buffed and which are unobtrusive to the overall design.
– There is a lusterous patina.
– Weight: 10.6 oz. (300 gm.)

参考：故宫【犀角雕云龙纹板饰】
　　

犀角雕云龙纹板饰，直径15-11.8厘米，厚1.1厘米。
　　
此犀角饰件是取用非洲犀角横截一大片镂雕而成，当是如意瓦首或盒具上的嵌件。其切口色泽淡黄，板饰正面染色呈棕红色，并以镂刻技法将犀角片镂出海水纹椭圆形框，框内上为烟云，下为涌涛，云涛之间两条带翼应龙曲颈伸爪，相对腾跃，龙口大张，龙鼻上扬，龙发成绺状从双角中向前飘拂，龙脊的鳞纹也刻画得细密遒劲，加之染为棕红色，古色古香，使双龙显得尤为威猛苍劲。
　　
此件犀角嵌件刻工浑朴，刀法娴熟流畅，将明代的雕刻技巧和时代风格表现得十分突出。

撰稿人：刘静
关键词： 犀角 龙纹 镂雕 龙口 鳞纹 刻工

参考：故宫 犀角雕云龙纹饰件

长10厘米 宽7.2厘米1.5厘米

饰件为扁体，椭圆形，两侧有断榫痕正面钱雕短吻独角螭纹，鬃分六缕，向两边飘散，具有清代螭纹的某些特点。为适应构图需要身体弯折，近于正龙式，脚爪伸展与海水纹配台，颇富动感。螭瞳仁处内凹似原有嵌，已脱缺。侧面阴刻回纹，背面雕刻有荷叶、荷花纹样。

此作在清宫中原被用作镶嵌于盒、匣之上，为同类饰件中的精品。

参考： 清 “乾隆年制”款 犀角雕海水云龙碗

直径11.6cm
RMB 80,000

参考：清 犀角雕海水龙纹碗

直径11.5cm，201g
RMB 80,000-100,000