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Lot Essay
A white-glazed cup stand of very similar form from Xuezhuang, Anyang county, Henan province and now in the collection of Henan institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, is illustrated by B. Zhang, Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China - 12 - Henan, Beijing, 2008, no. 66.
Compare, also, the slightly smaller cup stand, dated Tang to Five Dynasties, 9th-10th century, included in the Bluett and Sons Ltd. exhibition, The Postan Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics, 1972, no. 4; and another similar cup stand dated to Tang dynasty from the Carl Kempe Collection illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese ceramics in the Carl Kempe collection, Stockholm, 1965, no. 337, and later sold at Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2008, lot 224. Another similar cup stand dated Tang-Five Dynasties, was included in the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts exhibition, Toji hakuji, seiji, sancai (Tang pottery and porcelain), Tokyo, 1988, no. 24.
A white-glazed foliate cup stand of the same form, but lacking raised lines, is illustrated by M. Sato and G. Hasebe (eds.), Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 11, Sui Tang, Tokyo, 1976, p. 167, no. 165, where it is dated to the 10th century. In the same volume, the authors illustrate p. 181, fig. 5., a Tang dynasty silver-gilt cup stand with the same folded-in foliations at the rim, which was found outside the Heping gate at Xi'an.
Compare, also, the slightly smaller cup stand, dated Tang to Five Dynasties, 9th-10th century, included in the Bluett and Sons Ltd. exhibition, The Postan Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics, 1972, no. 4; and another similar cup stand dated to Tang dynasty from the Carl Kempe Collection illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese ceramics in the Carl Kempe collection, Stockholm, 1965, no. 337, and later sold at Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2008, lot 224. Another similar cup stand dated Tang-Five Dynasties, was included in the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts exhibition, Toji hakuji, seiji, sancai (Tang pottery and porcelain), Tokyo, 1988, no. 24.
A white-glazed foliate cup stand of the same form, but lacking raised lines, is illustrated by M. Sato and G. Hasebe (eds.), Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 11, Sui Tang, Tokyo, 1976, p. 167, no. 165, where it is dated to the 10th century. In the same volume, the authors illustrate p. 181, fig. 5., a Tang dynasty silver-gilt cup stand with the same folded-in foliations at the rim, which was found outside the Heping gate at Xi'an.