08 mars 2022
An extremely rare white marble 'grain measure' cup, Song dynasty (960-1279)
Lot 8. An extremely rare white marble 'grain measure' cup, Song dynasty (960-1279). Height 2⅜ in., 6 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 20,160 USD. © Sothebys.
Provenance: Collection of Professor Charles Gabriel (1873-1940) and Brenda Zara Seligman (1882-1965), by 1955.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. T.5.2.
Exhibited: The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 319.
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