Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
Property from the Cunliffe Collection of Chinese Art
Cunliffe藏中國藝術珍品
Cunliffe藏中國藝術珍品
Lot 31
A Dingyao moulded saucer dish Jin Dynasty
12 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £23,750 inc. premium
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A Dingyao moulded saucer dish
Jin Dynasty
The interior finely moulded in the centre with a pair of geese and a turtle amidst bamboo issuing from rockwork and a two-character inscription qi shou, encircled by a chrysanthemum petal band at the gently curved well, the exterior entirely plain, all covered in a milky-white glaze, the rim unglazed. 14.5cm (5 5/8in) diam.
The interior finely moulded in the centre with a pair of geese and a turtle amidst bamboo issuing from rockwork and a two-character inscription qi shou, encircled by a chrysanthemum petal band at the gently curved well, the exterior entirely plain, all covered in a milky-white glaze, the rim unglazed. 14.5cm (5 5/8in) diam.
Footnotes
金 定窯印龜鶴齊壽小盤
Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Acquired from H.R.N.Norton in 1946
The Cunliffe Collection, no.TT16, and thence by descent
Exhibited:
National Museum of Wales, 1991-2002, no.NMWA(L)780
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)
於1946年購自英國私人藏家H.R.N.Norton先生
Cunliffe收藏，藏品TT16，並由後人保存迄今
展覽：
1991至2002年期間於威爾斯國立博物館展出，展品編號NMWA(L)780
The two characters moulded in the centre are qi shou '齊壽' which may be translated as 'all with longevity'.
For two similar examples, see J.Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, pls.102a and 101a; for another example dated to the Jin Dynasty and from the National Museum, Tokyo, see M.Tregear, Song Ceramics, New York, 1982, no.68, p.69.
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