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A Yueyao ‘three-fruits’ box and cover
Song Dynasty An unusual straw-glazed seven-compartment
Formed as three round fruits issuing from leafy stems, covered overall cosmetic or table stand
in a pale greyish-green glaze, the unglazed base exposing the grey Northern/Southern Dynasties
ware.
7cm wide (2). Comprising six small globular containers joined together at the sides
surrounding another at the centre, each raised on a spreading foot
HK$15,000 - 20,000 and covered overall with a greenish-straw glaze terminating above
US$1,900 - 2,600 the foot exposing the grey ware.
13cm wide
宋 越窯青釉三連瓜形蓋盒
HK$15,000 - 20,000
US$1,900 - 2,600
A Yueyao conjoined melon-form box and cover, dated to the Early 南朝/北朝 草灰釉七連杯
Northern Song Dynasty, with applique designs of birds and flowers, is
illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, A green-glazed container of similar form with five conjoined jars
1994, p.138, no.51. surrounding the middle one, dated to the Sui Dynasty, in the Hunan
Provincial Museum, is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics, From the
三隻瓜形蓋盒腹部一側相連而彼此粘合在一起。蓋部貼瓜的枝椏進行 Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty, Yale University Press New
Haven, 2010, p.217, fig.5.21.
裝飾，並作瓜柄裝飾為蓋鈕。三盒連為一體，增加了實用性。造型小
七隻小杯腹部相連，均為斂口，弧腹，下承小圈足。通體內外均施草
巧，釉色發色富有動感，是一件難得的文芳雅具。參見關氏收藏另一 灰釉。造型較為少見。湖南省博物館藏一件隋代五連杯，見耶魯大學
編，《Chinese Ceramics, From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing
件越窯青釉三連瓜鳥形蓋盒，《關氏所藏宋代陶瓷》，香港，1994 Dynasty》，紐黑文，2010年，頁217，圖5.21。
年，頁138，圖51。
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