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A LARGE BRONZE BOWL TWO BRONZE BOWLS AND A LADLE
A STEATITE TORTOISE-FORM TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
INKSTONE AND COVER
The bowl with deep, rounded sides with a lipped The group comprises a deep bowl with lipped
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
rim has a silvery black patina with patches of rim, a smaller deep bowl with a swing U-shaped
The inkstone is carved as a tortoise standing on malachite and azurite encrustation. handle, and a small ladle with a curved handle.
four short legs and with head turned to one side.
9Ω in. (24 cm.) wide, cloth box The largest 6º in. (16 cm.) diam. (3)
The domed shell-form cover is carved on top with
the Eight Trigrams set within the cellular pattern
of the shell to form a circle. There are traces of $6,000-8,000 $8,000-12,000
earth and cinnabar.
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
4Ω in. (11.5 cm.) long Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong,
25 October 1986. 25 October 1986.
$6,000-8,000

私人珍藏 私人珍藏
PROVENANCE:
Christie's New York, 3 June 1988, lot 91. 唐 銅盌 唐 銅盌兩件及銅勺
來源: 來源:
A similar steatite tortoise-form inkstone and
cover is illustrated in the catalogue of the Galaxie Art (王炳權), 香港, 1986年10月25日 Galaxie Art (王炳權), 香港, 1986年10月25日
Inaugural Exhibition, vol. 2, Chinese Metalwares
and Decorative Arts, The Museum of East Asian
Art, Bath, England, April 1993, no. 328. A pottery
tortoise-form ink palette and cover excavated
from a Tang dynasty tomb in Shangcaisian,
Henan province, in 1962, is illustrated in Wenwu,
1964:2, pls. VIII:7 and 8. For another example
with a double tray, in the Shanghai Museum, see
Wenwu, 1965:12, p. 55, figs. 1 and 2. See, also,
a grey pottery example sold at Christie’s New
York, 4 June 1987, lot 180.

顯赫私人珍藏
唐 豹斑石龜式蓋硯
來源:
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紐約佳士得, 1988年6月3日, 拍品編號91
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