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A RARE AND FINE CHINESE GONGXIAN GREEN-GLAZED MOULDED RUYI-FORMED BOX AND COVER, TANG DYNASTY (618 - 907)
The box is modelled with five lobes and moulded decoration to each side. The cover is applied with a pair of confronted phoenix perched upon an elaborate looped ribbon ornament. The base is decorated with a quatrefoil floral design and three raised spur marks. Each side is enclosed within a double-line border and covered overall with an olive-green glaze. With an old fitted box.
The motif of confronted phoenixes is a recurring decorative theme on Chinese metalwork and ceramics from the Tang dynasty onwards. A related composition, with confronted phoenixes flanking a looped ribbon ornament similar to that seen on the present box, appears on a 10th-century silver box and cover from the Dr Carl Kempe Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 41.
唐 鞏縣窯 綠釉模印如意形蓋盒
盒作五瓣如意式，器身各面模印紋飾，蓋面貼塑相對鳳鳥立於華麗纏帶之上。器底飾四葉花紋，並見三枚支釘痕。通體罩橄欖綠釉，各面以雙線邊框界格。附舊配盒。
對鳳紋為唐代以降金工與陶瓷常見裝飾題材。一件十世紀銀質蓋盒，飾相似對鳳襯纏帶構圖，出自 Carl Kempe 醫生舊藏，曾於倫敦蘇富比，2008年5月14日，拍品41。
另一件定窯相類蓋盒，曾為 Hans Popper 收藏，並展於1937年巴黎橘園美術館《中國古代藝術展》，著錄於倫敦 Eskenazi，《Song Ceramics from the Hans Popper Collection》，2005年，編號18。
源流：
香港私人收藏
A comparable box and cover from the Ding kilns, formerly in the Hans Popper Collection and exhibited in the 1937 Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Art at the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, is illustrated in Eskenazi, London, Song Ceramics from the Hans Popper Collection, London, 2005, no. 18.
12.6cm wide; 4.5cm high
Unsold
Lot 197
The box is modelled with five lobes and moulded decoration to each side. The cover is applied with a pair of confronted phoenix perched upon an elaborate looped ribbon ornament. The base is decorated with a quatrefoil floral design and three raised spur marks. Each side is enclosed within a double-line border and covered overall with an olive-green glaze. With an old fitted box.
The motif of confronted phoenixes is a recurring decorative theme on Chinese metalwork and ceramics from the Tang dynasty onwards. A related composition, with confronted phoenixes flanking a looped ribbon ornament similar to that seen on the present box, appears on a 10th-century silver box and cover from the Dr Carl Kempe Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 41.
唐 鞏縣窯 綠釉模印如意形蓋盒
盒作五瓣如意式，器身各面模印紋飾，蓋面貼塑相對鳳鳥立於華麗纏帶之上。器底飾四葉花紋，並見三枚支釘痕。通體罩橄欖綠釉，各面以雙線邊框界格。附舊配盒。
對鳳紋為唐代以降金工與陶瓷常見裝飾題材。一件十世紀銀質蓋盒，飾相似對鳳襯纏帶構圖，出自 Carl Kempe 醫生舊藏，曾於倫敦蘇富比，2008年5月14日，拍品41。
另一件定窯相類蓋盒，曾為 Hans Popper 收藏，並展於1937年巴黎橘園美術館《中國古代藝術展》，著錄於倫敦 Eskenazi，《Song Ceramics from the Hans Popper Collection》，2005年，編號18。
源流：
香港私人收藏
A comparable box and cover from the Ding kilns, formerly in the Hans Popper Collection and exhibited in the 1937 Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Art at the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, is illustrated in Eskenazi, London, Song Ceramics from the Hans Popper Collection, London, 2005, no. 18.
12.6cm wide; 4.5cm high
Estimate $20,000 - $30,000
Overall in good condition, there are some small areas of light over-spraying, likely applied to conceal glaze flaking.
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