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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

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A BLACK LACQUER LOBED BOWL
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The bowl is formed as six petals rising from the ring foot to the slightly everted mouth rim, and the exterior
is covered with dark brown lacquer. The interior and underside of the base are both lined with gilt-silver.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam., cloth box
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
Lee Family Collection.
Important Chinese Lacquer from the Lee Family Collection; Christie’s Hong Kong,
3 December 2008, lot 2104.
EXHIBITED
The Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Japan, Chinese Lacquerware, 17 September - 4 November 1991.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, 24 September - 21
November 1993.
LITERATURE
K. T. Lee and S. C. Hu, Dragon and Phoenix - Chinese Lacquer Ware, The Lee Family Collection, Köln, 1990,
p. 78-9, no. 26.
N. Yasuhiro, Chinese Lacquerware, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1991, p. 23, no. 14.
Hu et. al. ed., 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 52-3. no. 19.
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