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AN INSCRIBED AND INLAID ARCHAISTIC 清己卯年（1759或1819年） 紫檀嵌寶饕餮紋盃
ZITAN CUP
題識：
SIGNED FANG YUNHONG, QING DYNASTY,
DATED JIMAO YEAR (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 己卯仲冬，倣允弘製
1759 OR 1819)
supported on three lingzhi-shaped feet, set with a stylised
ruyi-handle inscribed with eight seal characters in wire inlay,
reading Fang Yunhong zhi (‘Made by Fang Yunhong’) and
jimao zhongdong (‘the eleventh month of the jimao year’, in
accordance with 1759 or 1819), the cup carved with taotie
masks separated by vertical flanges, all between shou roundels
and ruyi-clouds inlaid with jadeite, lapis lazuli or mother-or-
pearl, the rim and the foot further encircled by wire-inlaid key-
fret bands
w. 8.2 cm, 3¼ in.

HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,500

This rare archaistic handle cup encapsulates the sophistication 清朝仿古技藝嫻熟，於本件帶耳饕餮紋盃可見一斑。出版
of Qing dynasty archaism. No other similar zitan vessel 紫檀雖無類例，然此雕刻風格亦見於別種清宮用器，如
appears to be published, but the style of carving can be found
一乾隆竹瓶，饕餮紋相似，以淺浮雕精刻而成，曾展於
in other Qing dynasty works of art created for the Imperial
court. For a bamboo vase from the Qianlong period with similar 《邃古來今：清宮仿古文物精品特集》，澳門藝術博物
treatment of the taotie mask, intricately carved in shallow 館，2005年，澳門，編號126。此盃之嵌銀線篆書與一件
relief, see the exhibition Views of Antiquity in the Qing Imperial 十八世紀紫檀螭龍紋盃所見同符合契，載於蔡辰洋，《紫
Palace: Special Catalogue to Celebrate the 80th Anniversary 檀》，寒舍，台北，1999年，頁198-199。
of the Establishment of the Palace Museum, Macao Museum
of Art, Macao, 2005, cat. no. 126. The silver inlaid seal script
inscription on the cup also closely matches that on a zitan
chilong cup, assigned to the 18th century, illustrated in C.Y.
Tsai, Zitan. The Most Noble Hardwood, My Humble House,
Taipei, 1999, pp. 198-199.

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