A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK-LACQUER AND SILVER POURING VESSEL, YIChina, 17th – 18th century. The black dry lacquer ground is intricately inlaid withseveral thousand microscopic pieces of gold foil and mother-of-pearl, to the interior with a central double vajra with ruyi heads issuing a scrolling border enclosing the design, encircled by bands of floral diaper and key fret, the interior sides with further diapered floral patterns and cloud designs below key-fret bands and at the rim continuing to the spout, the exterior similarly decorated with bands of ruyi heads, key fret, rounded lappets, and floral diaper.Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection.Condition: The rim, spout, and inlays with losses. The lacquer with minute age cracks, further with minuscule nicks and minor chips, some old wear, the silver base with a dark patina in some areas. Overall displaying remarkably well and in good conditionmensurate with age and the fragile nature of this lot.Weight: 75.8 gDimensions: Length 9.2 cmThe deep rounded sides supported on an oval foot with a recessed and rounded base and rising to a straight rim, one side set with slightly tapered spout of square U-shaped section, the foot and base made of solid silver.With a padded silk storage box. (2)Auction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3561Price: HKD 1,000,000 or approx.EUR 154,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A very rare mother-of-pearl inlaid black-lacquered double gourd, Qing dynasty, 18th centuryExpert remark:pare the intricate gold foil and mother-of-pearl inlays with similar ruyi designs and floral diaper. Note that this vessel has a Qianli mark to base. Also note that arguably the inlay work is not as fine as on the present lot, and that despite this vessel being 31 cm large, the total number of microscopic inlay pieces used for this example is probably smaller than on the present lot.罕見黑漆地錯銀鑲螺鈿匜中國，十七至十八世紀。黑漆地面鑲嵌著數以千記的金箔和螺鈿，器內中央紋飾如雙金剛杵，如意形邊框，花卉紋，側壁上錦地花卉級和紋理；外壁有同樣裝飾。工藝繁複精湛，在光線的照射之下五彩繽紛，閃爍變幻絢麗異常。