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- Dimension: Height: 3 5/8 in (9.0 cm) Length: 11 1/8 in (28.0 cm) Width: 7 1/8 in (18.0 cm)
- Estimate From: $2000
- Estimate To: $3000
Chinese. Modelled in the form of Qing, an ancient Chinese ritual chime, in form of stacked books, the top cover finely inlaid in various materials, including mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell to depict a pair of stylized kui dragons flanking a pearl ball (missing inlay), the base carved with a single character ' Yi'.
此盒整體呈古代青銅器磬鐘式,主體材質為紫檀,用材考究。盒蓋表面用螺鈿,玳瑁,松石等名貴材料以百寶嵌工藝作一堆夔龍戲珠紋,圖案設計端莊典雅,頗有古意。 “磬”為先秦時期打擊玉器,用石或玉製成,形狀像曲尺。磬亦通‘慶’,寓意吉慶有餘。盒底刻一‘乙’字款,應為乾隆時期宮廷作坊對器物等級評定的標註,分為‘甲,乙,丙,丁’等,甲為最高級。此件紫檀蓋盒用材考究,包漿古潤,置於案頭,賞心悅目,不可多得。
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