明 錾雷云兽面双勾纹 青铜 壶

Description

明 錾雷云兽面双勾纹 青铜 壶

参考：苏富比
好善簃珍藏明清銅器
02 十二月 2015 • 香港
拍品 31
清十八 / 十九世紀 銅錯銀雙活環耳壺

估價 20,000 – 30,000 HKD

描述
bronze
11.9 公分，4 5/8 英寸
well proportioned, the globular body resting on a splayed foot and sweeping to a waisted neck, with small loop handles suspending loose rings flanking the shoulders, the neck finely decorated in silver inlay with a band of archaistic designs and upright blades, with further archaistic designs around the midsection

參考：紐約大都會博物館
錾龙纹 壶 银
Vessel with Dragon Frieze, Silver, China
13th century

This pear-shaped vessel—presumably a container of chopsticks—once belonged to an elegant silver dinner service. Its incised and punched decoration of floral patterns and intertwined dragons finds parallels in other media of this period while the name incised on its bottom, “Meiyan” (Plum Cliff) may identify the owner as Hu Ciyan (act. ca. 1260-70s), a scholar-official whose sobriquet was Meiyan.

Although sometimes identified as a flower vase, the discovery of a similar vessel holding a pair of chopsticks and spoon in a 13th century tomb in Fuzhou suggests that this type of vessel (known as a zhuping) served as an upscale tableware used in banquets.

Object Details
Period:Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
Date:13th century
Culture:China
Medium:Silver
Dimensions:H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm); Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Diam. of rim 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam. of foot 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification:Metalwork
Credit Line:Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2017
Accession Number:2017.132
Provenance
[ Kirkwood’s Antiques , West Hollywood, Calif., until August 1992; sold to Lallt]; [ J. J. Lally & Co. , New York, 1992–2017; sold to MMA]

参考：3364 A SMALL SILVER-INLAID BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASE MING DYNASTY,
15TH / 16TH CENTURY

finely cast with a pear-shaped body rising from a short splayed foot to a waisted neck and everted rim, the exterior inlaid in silver with a band enclosing a pair of taotie masks bordering the neck, the body with a broader band similarly, the surface patinated to a warm chocolate-brown colour mottled with black inclusions
there is a 1cm chip to the foot. Tiny nicks to the mouth. Other general surface wear.

16 cm., 6 1/4 in.
Estimate 40,000 — 60,000