A RARE PAINTED LACQUER BOX WITH GOLD-INLAID ANIMALSWestern Han DynastyThe domed cover of steep descending shape, with the persimmon sepal shaped copper ornament on top missing, revealing the linenjiazhu core beneath, overall lacquered in black with red-painted cloud scroll bands and the main panel reserved depicting gold-laid animals in flight among stylised cloud patterns, box.11.8cm (4 5/8in) wide.For further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.本拍品不設底價西漢 彩繪貼金走獸捲雲紋漆奩ProvenanceThe Feng Wen Tang CollectionExhibited:Hong Kong Museum of Art,Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Ming Chiu Society at Sixty, 18 December 2020 - 28 April 2021Published and illustrated:Min Chiu Society and Hong Kong Museum of Art,Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Ming Chiu Society at Sixty, Hong Kong, 2020, pl.160, p.329.來源：奉文堂珍藏展覽：香港藝術館，《聚道傳承—敏求精舍六十周年》，2020年12月18日至2021年4月28日出版及著錄：敏求精舍及香港藝術館，《聚道傳承—敏求精舍六十周年》，香港，2020年，圖版160，頁329。With the original persimmon sepal shaped copper ornament missing, the remaining mark can be used topare with a painted lacquer box with gold-inlaid animals and cloud patterns excavated in Anhui Tianchang Han dynasty tombs, illustrated inZhongguo meishu quanji: qiqi, pl.13, p.18; both works of art display the exquisite craftsman of the time.夾紵胎，漆奩蓋頂上拱，外露類似蔴布網狀織物，蓋頂上原有柿蒂形飾已失去，遺痕可與安徽天長漢墓出土一件彩繪嵌銀箔走獸紋漆奩作對比，見《中國美術全集 卷8—漆器》，石家莊，1998年，圖版13，頁18。外嵌銀環三匝，蓋壁及奩壁皆鑲銀箍，朱繪雲紋，中嵌金箔走獸動物紋，為當時精製。