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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
1002
A SMALL WHITE-GLAZED CUP STAND
LATE TANG-FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 9TH-10TH CENTURY
EXHIBITED
The cup stand is potted with a rounded concave center rising to a dish-form London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the T’ang Dynasty,
fange raised on a ring foot. It is covered overall with a white glaze with pale 25 February-30 March 1955.
greenish tinge.
LITERATURE
3¬ in. (9.4 cm.) diam. Hsing-Yao and Ting-Yao, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities,
No. 25, 1953, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 47, fg. 42.
$1,000-1,500
The Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the T’ang Dynasty, London, 1955,
cat. no. 195.
B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm,
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden. 1964, pl. 315.
Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares; Sotheby’s London, 晚唐/五代 白釉盞托
14 May 2008, lot 223.

PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
1003
A WHITE-GLAZED ‘LION’ SEAL
SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1664)
The seal of square section is surmounted by a lion, with its head
turned sharply to one side. The seal face is carved with a three-
character name. It is covered overall with an ivory-white glaze with
faint crackles.
2º in. (5.8 cm.) high
$2,000-4,000

PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.
Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares; Sotheby’s London,
14 May 2008, lot 290.

LITERATURE
B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1003 (seal face)
Stockholm, 1964, pl. 347.
宋/明 白釉獅鈕方章
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