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PROPERTY FROM THE AOYAMA STUDIO COLLECTION 元 朱面剔犀卷草紋盞托
A CINNABAR ‘TIXI’ LACQUER CUP STAND 《楊茂造》款
SIGNED YANG MAO, YUAN DYNASTY
木盒標籤：十郎藏
the hollow globular bowl with rounded sides collared with a
slightly curved circular dish, all supported on a hollow sprayed
foot, finely carved with foliate scrolls through alternating layers
of cinnabar, black and ochre lacquer, the black lacquered
interior incised with a three-character inscription reading Yang
Mao zao (made by Yang Mao), Japanese wood box
16.5 cm, 6½ in.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,500-90,500
The scrolling foliage design on the current cup stand, referred
to as juancao (scrolling grass) or xiangcao (fragrant grass),
first appeared on Song dynasty lacquerwares and enjoyed
considerable popularity well into the Yuan dynasty.
The present piece bears the needle-engraved signature Yang
Mao zao (made by Yang Mao). Yang Mao is known from Gegu
yaolun [The essential criteria of antiquities] by Cao Zhao of
1388, where he and Zhang Cheng, both of Xitang in Jiaxing
district, Zhejiang province, southwest of modern Shanghai, are
mentioned as carvers of red lacquer who became famous at
end of the Yuan dynasty (Xinzeng gegu yaolun [New expanded
edition of the essential criteria of antiquities], vol. 8, p. 2).

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