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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A RARE YUE BIRD-FORM CUP 五代 越窯青瓷鳥形盃

FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960)
來源
The cup of deep rounded form is raised on a spreading foot. One 英國私人收藏，於1980年代購自香港
side is potted with a bird standing upright detailed with round
bulging eyes, a sharp beak and outstretched wings. The square- 戰國時期，鳥形盃已用作舀酒禮器。五代時越窯再次進行燒製。北京故
cut tail is detailed with incised lines indicating its plummage, and 宮藏有一件形制相仿的五代近似例，見故宮博物院藏品大系《晉唐瓷
forms part of the handle on the opposite side. It is covered overall 器》，香港，1996 年，頁 256，圖版 234 號（圖一）。
with an olive-green glaze with the exception of the base, revealing
the reddish-brown body.
6 in. (15 cm.) long, box
HK$80,000-100,000 US$11,000-13,000
PROVENANCE
An English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the
1980s
Bird-form vessels were used as ladles for wine for ritual purposes
during the Warring States. The Yue kilns revived this form in the Five
Dynasties period. Compare to a nearly identical bird-form cup also
dated to the Five Dynasties in the collection of the Palace Museum,
Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong,
1996, p. 256, no. 234, (fig. 1).

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品

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