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Vacheron Constantin
Ref. 86070/000J-9294
Métiers d'Art “Les Masques”, Chinese Qidan
江詩丹頓，「 Métiers d'Art “Les Masques”, Chinese Qidan」型號86070/000J-9294，極度精細罕有，限量版黃金半鏤空腕錶，備日期、星期顯示、黃金手工雕刻微型中國契丹古董面具微 型手工雕刻、來自巴比耶・穆勒博物館藏品，限量發行25枚，2008年製。附原裝證
- 估價
- HK$320,000 - 500,000€37,500 - 58,500$41,000 - 64,100
HK$698,500
拍品詳情
- 製造商
- Vacheron Constantin
- 年份
- 2008
- 型號
- 86070/000J-9294
- 機芯編號
- 5’149’121
- 錶殼號碼
- 1’144’009
- 型號名稱
- Métiers d'Art “Les Masques”, Chinese Qidan
- 材料
- 18K yellow gold
- 機芯
- Automatic, cal. 2460, 27 jewels
- 錶帶/ 錶鏈
- Crocodile
- 錶扣
- 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin deployant clasp
- 尺寸
- 40mm diameter
- 簽名
- Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
- 配件
- Accompanied by Vacheron Constantin Certificate of Authenticity dated 22nd April 2008, Certificate of Origin, service booklet, chronometer certificate dated 3rd June 2007, hang-tags.
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The present watch is part of the first series created in the inaugural year of the Métiers d'Art “Les Masques” collection. It features a miniature replica of a mysterious mask from the imperial Chinese Liao Dynasty (907-1125). The Qidan, also known as Khitan, were an ethnic group who inhabited the vast grasslands of North China over 1,000 years ago. Little is known about their lifestyle, but discovered artifacts have begun to shed light on their culture.
Funerary masks are well-documented in many ancient cultures, including those of ancient Egypt and Greece, often associated with ideas of life after death. During the Liao Dynasty, it was customary for the Qidan tribe to place metal masks, along with other metal body attire before burial. These rare gilt bronze or gold masks were reserved for elites or high-ranking individuals of the Qidan tribe.
Copied from a life-sized original in the museum, the tiny Chinese Qidan mask appears to float on the sapphire crystal dial, incorporating traditional decorative techniques hand-applied by master craftsmen. The micro-masks were all hand-engraved in gold and delicately colored to reproduce the originals as faithfully as possible, preserving their original portraits and respecting their ceremonial uses.
On the smoky dial surface, four symmetrical apertures display the hours, minutes, day, and date, without obstructing the view of the mask, thanks to the remarkable caliber 2460. The mask is encircled by gold letters, which can only be read when light strikes them at certain angles. These prose poems, specific to each mask, were written by French author Michel Butor and are sprayed onto the sapphire crystal dials in a spiral that seemingly has no beginning or end.
Loosely translated, the poem reads,
"La lumière s’est concentrée dans l’or où je ferme les yeux je vois à travers mes paupières le sommeil de mes descendants je me glisserai dans leurs rêves pour leur donner de mes nouvelles et leur éclairer les impasses où les guette l’adversité"
(The light has concentrated in the gold where I close my eyes I see through my eyelids the sleep of my descendants I will slip into their dreams to give them my news and enlighten them to the dead ends where adversity awaits them.)
Funerary masks are well-documented in many ancient cultures, including those of ancient Egypt and Greece, often associated with ideas of life after death. During the Liao Dynasty, it was customary for the Qidan tribe to place metal masks, along with other metal body attire before burial. These rare gilt bronze or gold masks were reserved for elites or high-ranking individuals of the Qidan tribe.
Copied from a life-sized original in the museum, the tiny Chinese Qidan mask appears to float on the sapphire crystal dial, incorporating traditional decorative techniques hand-applied by master craftsmen. The micro-masks were all hand-engraved in gold and delicately colored to reproduce the originals as faithfully as possible, preserving their original portraits and respecting their ceremonial uses.
On the smoky dial surface, four symmetrical apertures display the hours, minutes, day, and date, without obstructing the view of the mask, thanks to the remarkable caliber 2460. The mask is encircled by gold letters, which can only be read when light strikes them at certain angles. These prose poems, specific to each mask, were written by French author Michel Butor and are sprayed onto the sapphire crystal dials in a spiral that seemingly has no beginning or end.
Loosely translated, the poem reads,
"La lumière s’est concentrée dans l’or où je ferme les yeux je vois à travers mes paupières le sommeil de mes descendants je me glisserai dans leurs rêves pour leur donner de mes nouvelles et leur éclairer les impasses où les guette l’adversité"
(The light has concentrated in the gold where I close my eyes I see through my eyelids the sleep of my descendants I will slip into their dreams to give them my news and enlighten them to the dead ends where adversity awaits them.)
Vacheron Constantin
Swiss | 1755The world's oldest watch brand in continuous operation since its founding in 1755, Vacheron Constantin was the first watch company to manufacture movements with interchangeable parts beginning in 1839. Vacheron's watches are admired for their Latin-influenced case designs, well-balanced proportions and exquisitely finished movements of the highest quality. The Geneva-based manufacturer is known for their highly complicated masterpieces, including the King Farouk Grand Complication made in 1935, the Tour de l'Ile that was the most complicated serially produced wristwatch when introduced in 2005 and the 57260 — the world’s most complicated watch — made in 2015.
Key vintage models include minute repeating wristwatches such as the references 4261, chronographs such as the references 4178 and 6087 and the oversized Cioccolotone models such as ref. 4737. Collectors also appreciate Vacheron's Chronometer Royal pocket and wristwatches, as well as the '222,' the brand's first luxury sports watch produced from 1977 through 1984.
瀏覽製造者Key vintage models include minute repeating wristwatches such as the references 4261, chronographs such as the references 4178 and 6087 and the oversized Cioccolotone models such as ref. 4737. Collectors also appreciate Vacheron's Chronometer Royal pocket and wristwatches, as well as the '222,' the brand's first luxury sports watch produced from 1977 through 1984.