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Lot 110

A RARE PAIR OF BLACK AND RED PAINTED LACQUER 'EAR' CUPS
Western Han Dynasty

29 – 30 May 2022, 15:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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A RARE PAIR OF BLACK AND RED PAINTED LACQUER 'EAR' CUPS

Western Han Dynasty
Each of elliptical form, with deep rounded sides supported on a flat base, flanked by a pair of 'half-moon' shaped ears set at a low angle, the base, rim of the interior and the ears lacquered in brownish black with red-painted stylised cloud patterns, the exterior lacquered in brownish black with a band of red-painted stylised dots on the rim, box. Each 14cm (5 1/2in) long. (2).

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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價


西漢 彩繪雲氣紋漆耳杯一對

Provenance
The Feng Wen Tang Collection

來源:
奉文堂珍藏

Compare with two similar pairs of ear cups in the Shanghai Museum, with 'cloud and beast' and 'cloud and bird' designs, respectively, illustrated in In a Myriad of Forms: The Ancient Chinese Lacquers, Shanghai, 2018, pp.43-44.

木胎,杯呈橢圓形,口微斂,兩側新月形耳微上翹,弧腹,平底。杯内底以褐黑漆為地,用朱漆繪卷雲紋,内壁髹朱漆。耳,口沿均以褐黑漆為地,朱漆繪紋樣,耳部繪卷雲紋,口沿繪幾何紋。杯外壁素髹褐黑漆,口沿朱繪兩排點紋。

耳部呈新月形的耳杯一般稱作圓耳杯,是漢代最為流行的耳杯樣式。可參考上海博物館藏兩對彩繪雲獸紋及雲鳥紋漆耳杯,見《千文萬華:中國歷代漆器藝術》,上海,頁43-44。

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