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Lot Essay
Il existe plusieurs pièces de mobilier en laque impériales de la dynastie Ming (1644-1911) avec ce décor distinctif en nacre dans les collections du Palace Museum de Pékin, dont une table rectangulaire en laque noire à décor de dragons illustrée dans Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 2002, p. 128, une bibliothèque en laque noire à décor de dragons illustrée dans la même publication, op. cit., n°186, p. 223, et un écran de table en laque noire, op. cit., n°200, p. 248. La table présentée peut être comparée avec une table impériale en bois laqué rouge et noire incrustée de nacre et décorée à l’or portant une marque Wanli et de l’époque (1573-1619), vendue chez Christie’s à New York, 15 Septembre 2011, lot 1325. Notre table peut également être comparée à une table en laque noire incrustée de nacre d'époque Wanli (1572-1620), anciennement dans la collection de Madame Nelson A. Rockefeller, qui s'est vendue chez Christie's New York, Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4, Chinese Works of Art, English and European Furniture and Decorative Arts, 23 Octobre 2022, lot 612.
There are several pieces of imperial Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Chinese lacquer furniture with this distinctive sprinkled mother-of-pearl finish in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, including a black lacquer retangular table decorated with dragons illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 2002, p128; a black lacquer bookshelf decorated with dragons, in the same publication, no. 186, p 223; and a black lacquer table screen, no. 200, p248, op cit. The present table may be compared with an imperial mother-of-pearl inlaid gilt-decorated black and red lacquered softwood table, Wanli mark and period (1573-1619), sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1325. The present lot may also be compared with the slightly earlier mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer table from the Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1572-1620), formerly in the collection of Mrs Nelson A. Rockefeller that sold at Christie's New York, in the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4, Chinese Works of Art, English and European Furniture and Decorative Arts, 23 October 2022, lot 612.
There are several pieces of imperial Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Chinese lacquer furniture with this distinctive sprinkled mother-of-pearl finish in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, including a black lacquer retangular table decorated with dragons illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 2002, p128; a black lacquer bookshelf decorated with dragons, in the same publication, no. 186, p 223; and a black lacquer table screen, no. 200, p248, op cit. The present table may be compared with an imperial mother-of-pearl inlaid gilt-decorated black and red lacquered softwood table, Wanli mark and period (1573-1619), sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1325. The present lot may also be compared with the slightly earlier mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer table from the Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1572-1620), formerly in the collection of Mrs Nelson A. Rockefeller that sold at Christie's New York, in the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4, Chinese Works of Art, English and European Furniture and Decorative Arts, 23 October 2022, lot 612.