A CARVED YUE CELADON CUP STAND
A CARVED YUE CELADON CUP STAND
A CARVED YUE CELADON CUP STAND
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A CARVED YUE CELADON CUP STAND

EARLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH–11TH CENTURY

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A CARVED YUE CELADON CUP STAND
EARLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH–11TH CENTURY
The cup stand is of lower saucer shape with a wide, flat petal-lobed rim incised with lotus blossoms. The central support rises from a deep recess and is carved around the sides with a band of overlapping petals below a circular lip enclosing a platform. The stand is covered overall with a glaze of greenish-olive tone.
5 in. (12.6 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4886.

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Lot Essay

A very similar Yue cup stand discovered in 1979 at a construction site in Shangpuzha, Shangyu city, Zhejiang province, and now in the Shangyu Museum, is illustrated by Zhang (ed.) in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), vol. 9, Beijing, 2008, p. 155, no. 155.

Shards of similar cup stands unearthed from the Yue kiln sites at Silongkou, Zhejiang province, are illustrated in Silongkou Yueyao zhi (The Yuezhou Kiln Site at Silongkou), Beijing, 2002, p. 167, color pl. 209 and in line drawings on p. 166, pl. 93-1 and 93-5.

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