Description:

A CHINESE BROWN LACQUER CIRCULAR BOWL STAND, ZHANTUO, SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
The cup stand is raised on a hollow splayed circular foot, supporting a circular flange with gently upturned edges bound with metal, encircling the plain globular receptacle rising to an incurved rim, covered entirely with lacquer of rich brownish black tone. It's with an old Japanese wood box.

The function of a bowl stand is comparable to that of a saucer. Since steaming bowls of tea were made without handles, they were placed on stands when served-both to prevent the recipient's fingers from being scalded and to provide stability for bowls, which often had narrow bases. A related example of a plain brown lacquer bowl stand, raised on a slightly higher foot ring, was excavated in Yixing, Jiangsu province, and is published in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji: Lacquerware, vol. 8, Beijing, 1989, no. 93.

For comparable examples, see Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 3047, and another sold at the same house, 27 November 2013, lot 3553. See also a brown-lacquered example, Christie's, 9 October 2020, lot 106.

南宋 黑漆盞托


16cm diameter; 8cm high

  • Condition: Overall in good condition, there is very minor lacquer loss on the foot rim, bout 1.3cm long, and a minor area of relacquer, about 2.4 x 1cm.


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