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PROPERTY FROM THE AOYAMA STUDIO COLLECTION 明 烏面剔犀盞托
A BLACK ‘TIXI’ LACQUER CUP STAND
MING DYNASTY
the hollow bowl with a lipped rim and rounded sides collared
with a slightly curved circular dish, all supported on a hollow
flared foot, finely carved through alternating layers of
brownish-black and ochre lacquer, the interior lacquered black
15.7 cm, 6⅛ in.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,900-19,400

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PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION A larger agate ring (d. 10.4 cm), incised with C-shaped
AN AGATE ‘PHOENIX’ RING, HUAN scrollwork, occasionally interspersed by hatching, was
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND included in the exhibition Sparkling Splendours. The Art
of Ancient Chinese Carvings on Rock Crystal and Agate.
AUTUMN PERIOD The Taoshi Zhai Collection, The Art Museum, The Chinese
similarly decorated on both sides with a central raised frieze University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2000, cat. no. 102.
incised with eight groups of stylised scrollwork alternating with Similar rings made of rock crystal, agate or chalcedony,
cross-hatch lines, encircled by a bevelled outer ring with eight oftentimes undecorated, were used as the top components
pairs of phoenix in the configuration of ritual ornaments in the Eastern Zhou
7.2 cm, 2¾ in. dynasty; see The Ancient Qufu City of the Kingdom of Lu, Jinan,
1982, pl. 118:3.
LITERATURE
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, 參考一尺寸較大之瑪瑙環，陰刻勾雲，間飾斜格網
Beijing, 2006, pp. 84-85.
紋，收錄在展覽《絢麗晶瑩：淘石齋所藏中國古代水
晶瑪瑙器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2000年，
HK$ 80,000-100,000
US$ 10,400-12,900 編號102。東周年間，此類水晶、瑪瑙環，應在組珮
中置頂，見《曲阜魯國故城》，濟南，1982年，圖版
東周春秋時期 瑪瑙鳳紋環 118:3。

出版：
姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006年，頁84-85

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