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A WHITE-GLAZED JAR A LARGE WHITE-GLAZED CUP 隋 白釉盃
FIVE DYNASTIES SUI DYNASTY
Diameter 4⅝ in., 11.8 cm 來源
Diameter 4⅝ in., 11.8 cm
1990年代初得於香港
PROVENANCE
⊖ $ 6,000-8,000
Acquired in Hong Kong in the early 1990s.
五代 白釉罐 Large in size, this cup is a rare example of the high quality
white wares produced during the Sui dynasty. Related cups
have been discovered from Sui dynasty tombs. See, for
example, a group of three closely related cups attributed
to the Xing kilns, excavated from the tomb of Li Yu, dated
to the year 605, in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, published in
Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, ‘Xi’an nanjiao
sui liyu mu fajue jianbao [A brief report on the excavation of
the Sui tomb of Li Yu in the southern rural of Xi’an]’, Wenwu,
no. 7, 2009, fig. 28; and two other cups excavated from the
tomb of Yuan Wei and his wife, dated 601, in Xianyang city,
Shaanxi province, published in Shaanxi Provincial Institute
of Archaeology and Xianyang Institute of Cultural Relics
and Archeology, ‘Sui yuanwei fufu mu fajue jianbao [A brief
report on the excavation of the Sui tomb of Yuan Wei and
his wife]’, Kaogu yu wenwu / Archaeology and Cultural
758 Relics, no. 1, 2012, fig. 5, no. 1, together with three smaller
cups, nos 2 and 4; and another, excavated from the dated
tomb (607) of Zhang Lin and his wife in Chang’an district,
Xi’an, now preserved in the Xi’an Institute of Cultural Relics
Preservation, illustrated in Zhang Bai, Zhongguo chutu ciqi
quanji / Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in
759 China, Beijing, 2008, pl. 14.

A RARE PAIR OF SMALL WHITE-GLAZED STEM ⊖ $ 20,000-30,000
DISHES
SUI DYNASTY
(2)
Diameter 3½ in., 9 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong in the early 1990s.
This type of stem dish gained popularity during the Sui
Dynasty, and its presence can be found in Sui-era paintings
and murals. Compare a green-glazed stem dish of slightly
larger size in the Palace Museum, Beijing (accession no.
新00140853); another example of a single stem dish in
the Museum of Fine Art, Boston (accession no. 50.1362),
formerly in the Charles B. Hoyt Collection, illustrated in
Hsien-Ch’i Tseng and Robert Paul Dart, The Charles B.
Hoyt Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, vol. 1,
New York, 1964, pl. 65; one stem dish of larger size in the
Barlow Collection, illustrated in Michael Sullivan, Chinese
Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and
Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 27c.
⊖ $ 20,000-30,000
759
隋 白釉高足盤一對
來源
1990年代初得於香港

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