典藏單位:國立中正紀念堂管理處

館藏編號:CR04800302

民國48年10月31日寮國華僑回國祝壽團贈送，高花瓶一對，與前GF400072-2象牙一對為同時贈送之禮品。該物品為銅胎紅底螺甸漆花瓶，所謂螺甸係指選用優質的珍珠貝、雲母、石決明等材料，經打磨成不同色彩的薄片，根據畫面需求切拉成各種塊面，平嵌在各類器物漆坯上，經過精緻髹漆工藝，使產品具有光亮如鏡、清麗照人、黑白分明、高雅素潔的藝術效果。花瓶下並配有同色高腳木座，座邊亦同樣飾以螺甸花紋。
寮國古稱老撾，由Fa Ngum於1353年建立，十四世紀中葉成為越南之藩屬。1873 年泰國入侵寮國，越南無力保護，寮淪為泰藩屬。1893年法國壓迫泰國，雙方簽訂法暹條約，寮國成為法國之保護國。1940年9月寮被日本佔領，1945年日本投降，東南亞各國掀起反殖民運動，寮國於同年10月組織臨時政府，宣佈獨立。1946年沙文旺復位，並草擬憲法，選舉國會議員。1949年法寮簽訂總協定，法國承認寮國在法屬聯邦中自治。1954年7月日內瓦停戰協定，法國自寮國撤軍，結束法國在寮之殖民統治。寮國獨立後，國內中立派、共黨及保皇派之間武裝衝突，始終不斷。民國48年正值寮國內戰之際，當地華裔約有10萬人，亦飽受動亂影響。

This pair of lacquer vases, together with the pair of whole ivory pieces (GF400072-2), were presents from the birthday celebratory team of overseas Chinese in Laos, on October 31, 1959. The vases are lacquerware of copper body inlaid with mother-of-pear in red ground. Mother-of-pear is a material made of high quality pearl, mica, abalone, and other materials burnished into sheets with various colors. Depending on an object's composition of design, the sheets cut into desired shapes are inlaid into the surfaces of lacquer bases, which after sophisticated lacquer coating, make the products bright, elegant, black and white, simple and pure, and artistic. The vases are raised on a tall wooden base painted the same color, and the sides of the bases are decorated with mother-of-pear designs too.

Laos, named Laowo in ancient time, was established by Fa Ngum in 1353. In the mid-fourteenth century, it became a vassal of Vietnam. In 1873, Thailand invaded Laos, but since Vietnam was unable to provide protection, it became a vassal of Thailand. In 1893, French put pressure on Thailand, the Siamese agreed to cede Laos to France in the Franco-Siamese Treaty, and Laos became a French protectorate. In September 1940, Japanese troops occupied Laos. When Japan surrendered in 1945, the anti-colonial movement set off in Southeast Asia, and Laos established a provisional government and declared Laotian independence in the same year. The year of 1946 saw the restoration of King Sisavang Vong of Laos, and the drafting of the constitution and the election of members of congress. In 1949, France signed the General Agreement with Laos and acknowledged Laos' autonomy within the French Union. In July 1954, French signed a peace accord for Laos at the Geneva Conference and withdrew troops from Laos, ending the colonial rule. Since the independence, the armed conflicts among centrists, communists, and royalists had never ended. The year of 1959 saw civil war in Laos, and the local ethnic Chinese, about 100 thousand people, also suffered the upheaval.