THE LARRY LUCAS COLLECTION OF ASIAN WORKS OF ARTLARRY LUCAS 亞洲藝術收藏Lots 20 to 76Mr Larry Lucas, a British-born businessman, started collecting Asian Art as a university student in the late 1960s in Cambridge. As the co-founder of the Asian Art Institute of Australia, Larry has organised various exhibitions and lectures since 2008, providing platforms for collectors, artists, researchers and scholars, and promoting knowledge and appreciation of Asian art.Larry Lucas 先生出生於英國，早於上世紀六十年代劍橋求學時，即熱衷收藏，至今近半世紀。2008年在悉尼於三五志趣相投的好友成立澳大利亞亞洲藝術協會，多年來舉辦講座、展覽，為當地乃至世界收藏同好、藝術家及學者提供交流平台。






A Dege wrought iron circular covered box with silver inlay


Qianlong six-character seal mark to the base, Qing dynasty9.9cm high
|Provenance:Andrew Stuart-Robertson, London, 1970s to 1990sChristie's, London, prior to 1995Apsara Asian Art, SydneyMossgreen, Melbourne, 2 June 2010, lot 1105This type of metalwork was produced in very high quality and vast number in Tibet as early as the 14th and 15th century. The unique technology has been known as 'damascening' to Europeans, but called 'Dege' in China, the name of the town through which the metal work was brought to China-proper. Different from the common inlaid-works, Dege works have their surface of wrought iron abraded and then gold and/or silver applied in highly decorative patterns.So favoured were they that the Qianlong emperor specially commissioned a group of Tibetans to produce vessels and objects for daily use, such as brush pots and plates, in addition to those used for traditional ceremonial and religious purposes.清 德格鐵鑄圓形蓋盒 「大清乾隆年製」篆書底款傳承：倫敦 Andrew Stuart-Robertson 古董商， 七十年代至九十年代間佳士得倫敦，1995年以前悉尼 Apsara 亞洲藝術慕仕格拍賣行，墨爾本，2010年6月2日，拍品號1105此類金屬器早在十四十五世紀藏人已大量制作，並且工藝極其高明。其鑲嵌工藝在歐洲被稱為"damascening" (金屬絲編織)，而在中國被稱為"德格"，一藏川邊境的文化交流重鎮，傳此種金屬器便是由德格傳入中原。與傳統金屬絲編織所不同，"德格"器是先將鍛鐵表面磨切出凹陷花紋，然後再以金銀捶打入內。乾隆帝甚至邀請藏人入京打造"德格"器，並將其運用於宗教禮祭乃至皇家日用。