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26 avril 2012

A black lacquer bowl and cove. Ming Dynasty

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A black lacquer bowl and cove. Ming Dynasty photo Sotheby's

with deep rounded sides of the exterior deeply and densly carved through layers of black lacquer sandwiching two thin red layers, with two rows of upright guri pommels, above a row of smaller inverted ruyi-shaped pommels skirting the foot, all on a slightly tapered foot, fitted with a hemispherical domed cover similarly carved with pommels centred with a small flat knop, the interiors lacquered in red - 16.1 cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimatin 500,000-700,000 HKD. Lot 3142 vendu: 560,000 HKD

NOTE DE CATALOGUE: A cinnabar-lacquer bowl of slightly smaller dimensions was included in the exhibition Im Zeichen des Drachen, Museum für Lackkunst, Munster, cat. no. 36, from the Fritz Low-Beer collection. See also a slightly larger circular shallow bowl, decorated with two rows of pommel scrolls above a wide classic scroll band, included in the exhibition From Innovation to Conformity, Bluett and Sons, London, 1989, p. 58, cat. no. 20, where it is mentioned that bowls of this type recall 15th century blue and white porcelain bowls.

Compare also a bowl of slightly larger dimensions, from the collection of Colonel MacEwan and included in the Exhibition of Chinese Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1915, case B, no. 9, sold at Christie's London, 10th December 1990, lot 136, and again, 1/3rd may 1994, lot 553; and another similar bowl from the Edward T. Chow collection sold in these rooms, 11th April 2008, lot 2944.

Song dynasty guri lacquer cups may have served as the inspiration for later vessels of this type; see a black lacquer cup, the interior lined with copper plated silver, with deep and forceful carving, illustrated in Lee Yu-kuan, Oriental Lacquer Art, New York and Tokyo, 1971, pl. 30

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Hong Kong | 04 avr. 2012 www.sothebys.com

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