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Property from the Cunliffe Collection of Chinese Art
Cunliffe藏中國藝術珍品
Lot 15

A rare pottery 'geese' seal paste box and cover
Song Dynasty

12 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A rare pottery 'geese' seal paste box and cover

Song Dynasty
Delicately modelled as pair of recumbent geese with sinuous neck, head turned backward and wings tightly tucked on either side of their elegant body, finely framed by detailed plumes, the base incised with an archaistic inscription. 4cm (1 1/2in) wide

Footnotes

宋 陶胎鴛鴦式小印盒

Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Cunliffe Collection, no.JA93, and thence by descent

Exhibited and Published:
Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, London, 16 June - 23 July 1960, no.251


來源: 劍橋菲茨威廉博物館東方藝術部名譽主任,Rolf Cunliffe勳爵 (1899-1963)
Cunliffe收藏,藏品編號JA93,並由後人保存迄今

展覽及出版:
1960年6月16日至7月23日於倫敦東方陶瓷學會「The Arts of the Sung Dynasty(宋代藝術)」特展展出,展品251號

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