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Lot 305
AN EXQUISITE BLACK LACQUER PRUNUS-SHAPED DISH
Song Dynasty
29 May 2023, 13:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Admiralty

HK$220,000 - HK$280,000

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AN EXQUISITE BLACK LACQUER PRUNUS-SHAPED DISH

Song Dynasty
Elegantly and delicately modelled in the form of a prunus blossom, rising from a shallow foot ring to gently curved sides, the lacquer of an attractive dark chocolate-brown tone, Japanese wood box.
19.6cm (7 3/4in) long (2).

Footnotes

宋 黑漆素身梅花式盤

Provenance:
Acquired in Kyoto in 2004

來源:
2004年入藏於日本京都

Lacquerware made between the late Tang and early Song dynasties is characterised by simple, well-proportioned flower shapes with more or less deep indentations. These quiet, pleasing forms that were used for dishes, bowls and cup stands set a stylistic trend that reverberated throughout the arts and crafts of the period and strongly influenced not only ceramic but also silver designs.

Compare a related lacquer dish found amongst a group of lacquer dated to the Tang dynasty excavated at Jianli County, Hubei Province, published in Wenwu, 1982, 2.93, pl.8. fig.4. See also a set of five brown lacquer prunus-shaped dishes, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 2024.

花式盤,隨形圈足,口沿外撇,鑲金屬框,造型優雅,和同時代的瓷器與銀器有相同的美感。胎輕,盤薄,漆色深褐。參考一件唐代漆梅花式盤,出土於湖北監利縣,見《文物》,1982年,第2期93頁,圖版8,圖4。另見香港佳士得於2010年5月31日售出一組五件宋代褐漆梅花式盤,拍品2024。

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