Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 164
A CHINESE TIXI LACQUER STEM CUP MING DYNASTY The U-shaped body with a gently flaring neckrim
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A CHINESE TIXI LACQUER STEM CUP
MING DYNASTY
The U-shaped body with a gently flaring neckrim, deeply carved to the exterior with five layers of black and red lacquer, depicting a row of pommel scrolls above ruyi motifs, the knopped stem with stylized leaves, the interior and base lined with beaten silvered copper.
Provenance: formerly in a private European collection.
Cf. H Garner, Chinese and Associated Lacquer from the Garner Collection, no.13, pl.6b; see also E Strange, pl.XLVIII for an example in the Victoria and Albert Museum.