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A ROCK-CRYSTAL ARCHAISTIC RECTANGULAR VESSEL AND PROVENANCE:
COVER, TULU Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
19TH CENTURY
This distinctive vessel was carved in imitation of an archaic bronze form
The square-sectioned vessel is supported on four feet and has rounded
and would have originally held artist's materials. Coloured pigments were
corners. The sides are carved in low relief with a band of confronted kui-
dragons and two lion-head handles. The cover is carved in a similar fashion kept in the tubular compartments at each corner and subdivided by wooden
below a dragon fnial. compartments. The central compartment held a saucer and water for mixing
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high the colours. For a discussion of the bronze prototypes, see Cheng Te Kun,
'The T'u-Lu Colour-Container of the Shang-Chou Period', B.M.F.E.A., no. 37,
£10,000-15,000 US$14,000-20,000
1965, p. 239-249, pl. 1-6, where examples in jade, marble and pottery are also
€12,000-17,000
illustrated. This vessel may be compared in form, decoration and size to the
jade tulu (14 cm wide) from the Qianlong period sold at Christie's London, 15
May 2012, lot 198.

清十九世紀 水晶仿古龍紋四管式蓋爐

來源: Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010) 珍藏

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