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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

1128 A TIXI LACQUER CIRCULAR CUP STAND
AND A SMALL CARVED RED LACQUER BOX
AND COVER
CHINA, YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

The cup stand, carved with a central foliate motif
within a raised ring and bead border surrounded
by a feld of pommel scroll below a band of petals
on the sides, repeated on the exterior; the box,
of circular form, the domed cover carved with a
foreigner with a lion on a diaper ground, the box
carved with leafy camellia on a diaper ground
The cup stand: 6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) diam.
The box and cover: 3Ω in. (8.9 cm.) diam. (2)
$1,200-1,800
PROVENANCE
The cup stand: Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, 2007.
The Irving Collection, no. 3893.
The box and cover: Roger Keverne, London, 2004.
The Irving Collection, no. 3885.
EXHIBITED
The box and cover: London, Roger Keverne, Fine
and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics -
Summer Exhibition, June 2003.
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LITERATURE
The box and cover: Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare
Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Summer
Exhibition, London, 2003, p. 93, no. 116.
元/明 剔犀如意蓮瓣紋盞拖

1129 A CARVED RED LACQUER ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, JIAJING INCISED AND
GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1522-1566)

Carved on the exterior with two striding fve-
clawed dragons amongst leafy fowering peony
branches, between a foral diaper border on the
rim and a stylized lappet band and key fret border
on the foot
4√ in. (12.3 cm.) diam.
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, 1989.
The Irving Collection, no. 2845.
明嘉靖 剔紅龍穿花紋盌
填金《大明嘉靖年製》楷書刻款

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