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A SONG DYNASTY TIXI LACQUER BOWL WITH PEWTER LINING A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘MUSICIANS’ BOX AND COVER, MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Multi-layered lacquer, interior lined with pewter Carved cinnabar lacquer in high relief, black lacquer coating inside and to base
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China, Song Dynasty China, 16 century

The bowl has rounded sides rising from a raised foot rim to an everted rim. The exterior is deeply carved with a Ruyi Of circular form, the flat cover carved through the rich layers of red lacquer showing a scholar playing the flute,
cloud scroll pattern showcasing the multiple layers of black and red ground. At the interior is a pewter alloy inset. accompanied by his attended on a Guzheng, set in an Edenic garden under a tree sided by elaborate rockwork, the
background with a lotus pond. The sides of the lid and the box encircled by keyfret bands in high relief, lacquered black
Shape: Bowl shape with accentuated foot rim and flared neck to the interior and base.
Dimensions: 10,5 cm (diameter), 5,5 cm (height)
Condition: consistent with age, some old age cracks, minor replacement to one of the 16 sections Shape: Round
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s Dimensions: 7 cm (diameter)
Condition: Very good condition with some wear and minor nibbling to black lacquer inside, one small chip to rim
Literature comparison: For a near identical bowl see Sotheby’s, IMPORTANT CHINESE ART, 21 MARCH 2018, NEW restored to invisibility
YORK, lot 605. Similar tixi lacquer wares have been excavated from Northern Song dynasty tombs, see Zhongguo qiqi Provenance: Austrian private collection
quanji/Corpus of Chinese Lacquers, vol. 4: Fuzhou, 1998, pl. 119.
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Literature comparison: Important Chinese Art. Sotheby’s, London, May 13 , 2015, lot 341. (for a very similar box)
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⇼䈨 ⋩ℕᶾ䲨⇼䲭Ⱦ㦪ⷓȿ味䙺
ᷕ⚳炻⬳ẋ ⇼䲭檀㴖晽炻ℭ䙺␴⸽⹏湹㺮
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䠿⼊炻⚰嵛 ⚻⼊
⯢⮠烉䚜⼹ 10,5 cm炻檀 5,5 cm ⯢⮠烉䚜⼹7 cm
冯⸜ẋ䚠䫎炻㚱⣂嗽Ḧ塪炻16↎ᾖ⽑ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ᶨṃ䢐㎵炻ℭ䙺湹㺮㚱䡽䡘炻⮷塪⎋炻⍲ᶵ⎗夳䘬ᾖ墄
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ⇅岤ℍ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
㔯䌣⍫侫烉ᶨẞ⸦᷶ᶨ㧉ᶨ㧋䘬㺮䠿⎗夳喯⭴㭼˪慵天ᷕ⚳喅埻˫炻2018⸜3㚰21㖍炻䲸䲬炻605嘇㉵⑩ˤ䚠Ụ⇼㺮☐䙧悥㗗 㔯䌣⍫侫烉˪慵天ᷕ⚳喅埻˫炻喯⭴㭼炻ΐ㔎炻2015⸜5㚰13㖍炻341嘇㉵⑩ (ᶨᾳ㤝䚠Ụ䘬䙺⫸)
↢⛇Ḷ⊿⬳⠻吔炻夳˪ᷕ⚳㺮☐⣏ℐ˫䫔4Ⅎ烉䤷ⶆ炻1998⸜炻⚾119ˤ
Estimate EUR 2.000,-
Estimate EUR 3.000,- Starting price EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 1.500,-

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