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PROPERTY FROM THE AOYAMA STUDIO COLLECTION 宋 朱漆葵式盞托
A LOBED CINNABAR LACQUER CUP STAND
SONG DYNASTY
of globular form with rounded sides collared with a six-lobed
dish resembling a mallow flower, all supported on a hollow
flared foot, enveloped in cinnabar lacquer, save for the interior
of the foot and the rims, outlining the silhouette of the vessel,
Japanese wood box
16.3 cm, 6⅜ in.
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,800-38,700

Four Southern Song cinnabar lacquer cup stands are
illustrated in The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China:
Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares, Nezu
Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004, nos 154, 155, 157 and 158;
one is modelled with chrysanthemum petals, one is in the
form of a lotus, and the remaining two are circular. See also a
related black lacquer example of this mallow form in the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, published in Hai-
wai yi-chen. Chinese Art in Overseas Collections. Lacquerware,
Taipei, 1987, pl. 24; and a further example from the collection
of Sakamoto Gorō (1923-2016), sold in these rooms, 8th
October 2013, lot 149. Compare also a cup stand with a
barbed rim, from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington D.C., included in Monika Kopplin, ed.,
The Monochrome Principle, Munich, 2008, pl. 9. For a Ding
counterpart, but with a globular collar and petal-lobed rim, see
one sold in our New York rooms, 19th September 2002, lot 73.

Two views

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