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Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich
Hausmann
Hong Kong | 08 Oct 2014, 11:45 AM | HK0558
LOT 3347
A BRONZE FOLIATE-FORM DISH
SONG TO MING DYNASTY
cast with shallow sides rising from a flat base to a lobed rim, divided into six lobes by short
ridges radiating around the cavetto, the surface of a variegated brown colour with
malachite-green encrustation
10 cm., 3 7/8 in.
ESTIMATE 20,000-30,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 25,000 HKD
CATALOGUE NOTE
The dish is a rare surviving example of a petal-shaped dish more commonly found in porcelain and lacquer. For a
larger bronze dish of flower shape, convincingly dated to the 14th/15th century, see Gerard Hawthorn, Oriental Works
of Art, London, June 1997, cat. no. 5. Both the current example and the Hawthorn example are thinly cast, giving them
an elegance and refinement similar to that of the finest Dingyao porcelain.
