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A PAIR OF GOLD OCTAGONAL LOBED CUPS Compare with another eight-lobed Ming dynasty example excavated
Ming Dynasty in Lanzhou, illustrated in Zhongguo jinyin boli falangqi quanji [Complete
Each cup hammered into eight petal-shaped lobes with a lipped works of Chinese gold, silver, glass and enamelware], Beijing, 2004,
mouthrim, resting on a slightly splayed foot with recessed base, box. vol.3, p.128, no.239. This type of small wine cup was referred to as
Each 3.2cm (1 1/4in) high. (3). zhong in the Ming dynasty, mentioned in chapter 16 of the classic
Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase) as a silver-inlaid small
HKD180,000 - 250,000 cup filling with yellow wine; see related discussion by Z.S.Yang,
US$23,000 - 32,000 Shehuazhise: Song Yuan Ming jinyinqi yanjiu [The Study of Gold and
Silver Wares in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties], Beijing, 2011,
明 錘揲八出菊瓣形小杯一對 vol.3, p.157.
Provenance: 杯圓唇，八出菊瓣口，瓜棱鼓腹，圈足，杯身兩層合就，整體錘揲而
An English private collection, prior to 1990s 成。

來源: 此對小杯可參考一件蘭州出土之明代金碗，俱是八出菊瓣口，雙層錘
英國私人舊藏，1990年代前 揲而成，見《中國金銀玻璃琺瑯器全集》，北京，2004年，卷3，頁
128， 編號239。此類小杯明代統稱為「鐘」，《金瓶梅》第十六回
提到「銀鑲鐘兒盛著南酒」，便是此類小杯。相關討論見揚之水著，
《奢華之色—宋元明金銀器研究》，北京，2011年，卷三，頁157。

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