Description

漆盤的正中繪满雲氣紋。在黑地的襯托下，朱色雲氣特别顯得輕巧靈動。中圈用傳統的幾何纹飾。外圈襯些朱紋.底部光滑無纹。很明顯有一半巳經地殘壞了。相信這一半是長期在地下處於飽水狀態，一但出土，在未受到適當的脱水處理情形下，就自然地痿縮變了形。很可惜。然而，我們仍不難憑著另一半看到它當年的光輝歲月。相形之下, 它乃是一件不錯的研究品。前屬於雅發沙嘉畧醫生的藏品。

The center of this lacquer plate is decorated with sacred cloud. The dark color black ground allows the red cloud to appear more mysterious way. The circle next to it is the traditional geometrical design. The rim is a spray of spots. The back of the plate is smooth and plain in black. Obviously half of it has deteriorated over time by immersing in water. More importantly it is due to the lack of the professional dehydration treatment for the fragile material, causing a serious shrinkage. It is such a pity that half of it was deformed and disintegrated. Never the less the contras of the two sides still offers us an interesting study piece.

Circa Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD).

Ex Arthur M. Sackler Collections
(A psychiatrist and art collector in the US)