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A RARE EMBELLISHED ZITAN CIRCULAR ॶᠨ卿࣊ॶ⩃卿ᚺૃ㬬ჺ㧿ᮅ⼖՞卿⊂ࢳӶ㊄卿ἃ㧏ူ႙⻱Ǹ⎋༾ူǹ
‘CRICKET BOX’ AND COVER BY ZHOU ZHU ഌჇ卿ݯ㮱ཕᐃᯧἃӽ՞Ꮢ㵁㉽卿㙾ഠݯℒ᫊႙⻱㧰᰾ἃǸॶ߰ǹǯ᳖
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY टᙠ㉃㖊卿Գ㪏ჺ㧿⻦ᝧ།ॕ㴖卻 卼ᖬǶཕ㪈᥉✖Ƿ࣍Ն㉃厍
The top surface of the fitted cover is inlaid with an exquisitely Ǹᚺӽ໵ᛞ卿ᝳॶᠨ੓㧏ူ⣩࢑卿⠢൘⢞ٳ卿ᛞ♑ॶူǯǹǶཕ㪈᥉✖Ƿ
depicted pair of confronting crickets above chrysanthemum ԋՔᓽߪ卿ॶᠨἃᚺૃ㬬ჺ㧿༉⏟୍၀卻 卼Ꮢ㏱ࡂ卿ݯה৅
branches in different materials including painted bone, mother-of- ⎐ἃ᪇㏟༈ᅡᏒᖸ卿ཝݯ୍၀ㄴᆖࡌᇌ⏌᫔ងᅡ卿㸓ཐ᱁ݣᭆ㧿卿ᥑἃ
pearl, malachite, agate and amber, below an inscription in silver Ⅷ⧎ǯ
followed by a square maker’s mark reading Zhou Zhu. The center ᳖Գ㪏ჺ㧿ໝ⩢㢲ᰂ卻 卼ⶬǶྊஊऐ㊂ǷࢦՀ⛌㖊厍Ǹॶ߰
is pierced in coin-form and surmounted by a circular reticulated
Ԡᯧ卿ዂᔆ႔ᝳԠ卿ᚺថᝳॶඊ⩢ංࠛ᫉ᯧ卿ᘢलॶ߰ǯݯᯧս㞖㠤Ǯ
dragon-form finial in tinted bone, all surrounded by a raised
༾⒢Ǯ⏻ⅸǮⅤ⇣Ǯ┡ℱǮ⩀⨿Ǯ᭢ᜆǮ⇱⇢Ǯ⅐⇌Ǯ㕕᳡Ǯ㬪㞖Ǯ⣔
border and lipped rim. The box is set with a qiyang stone base.
៏Ǯに⊖Ǯ㎜⁅Ǯ༗チǮᮩ㲞ἃԠ卿㫌Ꮀྒྷ᭢Ǯ՞⁒Ǯ᧦ណǮ᧊⯓ǮⱤ
7ƒ in. (19 cm.) diam.
ࢭǮ⨲ᬝ卿ူᙻ᨞᢬ᶜ଍Ԡӳǯഌ⩧ེ㰍Ǯᡮ٤Ǯ⚚䁟Ǯᝧ៵卿ཎߺ✖
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000 ᄍǮⳍݰǮ⓺࢑Ǯᝧ❝卿Նⰰ㪅㫘卿㫙սᆨ༏卿⏻ऒ׹តᝳԠഞ⅊Ԯǯǹ
ॶᠨᖼսप♎Ⅷ㏟ឬᙠ㧏ူᙻഌཎ଍⁒Ԡӳ卿Ք੓㫌ߴ卿ݯה৅ᦔஎԠ
⥝ㅻ卿ឬᙠ♎㯸Ԡᅓ卿⎐ἃॶ߰Ԡ⁞ᇨ卿ᇌӽ㫙ս㑖㑘ǯॶᠨᖼᙼ⚇ူ
ᒞڊՎ ڊ˒ˡ☹ ݚᘌθⅯഢด♟᠂㮓⹟⹕९⯰↥ ᯧ卿ײឬᙠ㵶ᙻ஠ຽヿ㬷卿㪰⡙Ꮀ᱙㫌ᘤ៧卿⛁㵲⊂࡚卿㷁ᙫ▵႙卿ᬘ
㑌ᇌӽ⯝஠ຽऱ㵶⎏ჹူᯧ㏦႙⩱ᙠ卿㙁ལ㧏ူ႙⻱⎏㮱࿨ǯទᐽ৅⸌
᪪㍃厍ॶᠨ
㬷ӳ⎏ほぱ卿㕇㵲ἃ⁇㈍㧏ူ卿⩧㑷㛑ߺս᳍㩽ߴᏛᯧヿ㙤卿႙⻱⠢ᴗ卿
ᡎᡎൈ⊂ǯ
࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㱦⻦Ӭ⡑ߛ⎏⎋༾ူណ଍卿⠢⧻⊂࡚卿㛑ߎ፽⯝ទᐽ৅Ӭ
᧙ऱἃॶ߰卿ࣻ⩠Ƕᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀厍⛛ណ⁅㈍㫌ߴǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿
ჺ卿⤔⽚ ǯֿൈទᐽ৅⯺ཨ༿㖅ഌ⎏஋ᆨ⸌⏁卿࢈՗ቯℳ
ᄙࢷ⁒㱦⻦Ӭ׾卿ᚺջॶᠨ᪪⎋༾ူⱤ㺠⓺⏁ᜫᫀ⓺卿ӳᝳԳ㪏୨ࢦԬ
ჺ卻 卼㯪㠺ǯ᭢៏⒢ྒྷᏑ⯠⻦ᙇ׾ॶ߰⎋༾ူ⸌⏁卿ݯԋᝬ߅ⰰ׾
ຽ卿ᐽ㐈ᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
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