CHINESE BLACK POTTERY BEAKER
NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR LATER
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
新石器時代或以後 仿青銅磨光黑陶觚
thinly potted, of flared cylindrical form with a raised ridge near the foot
Dimensions
17.6cm high
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, North Berwick, has been collecting Asian ceramics for over 25 years. Several collections of early and Ming ceramics, early jades, and Asian Art reference books were sold in these rooms, 16 May 2023, lots 116-122; 3 November 2023, lots 230-242.
Gifted about 10 years ago by a good friend, the late C. Roger Moss OBE, a fellow avid Chinese Art collector.
蘇格蘭私人收藏,北伯立克鎮;收藏中國瓷器已近廿五載。一批高、中古及明代瓷器、古代玉器及亞洲藝術參考書籍售於本拍行,見2023年5月16日,拍品116-122及2023年11月3日,拍品230-242。
本品約十數年前獲贈自已故亞洲藝術藏友C. Roger Moss OBE。
Footnote
A highly comparable black pottery beaker, also decorated with a raised ring above the foot, dated to the Xia dynasty, excavated at Yanshi Erlitou Relic Site, Henan, is now in the Henan Museum. Also compare to a much more sophisticated ‘gu’ vessel, excavated and dated same as the above, see https://www.chnmus.net/sitesources/hnsbwy/page_pc/bwzl/yyhxzzjd/cpsx/article2a35acdb504f4100a5576317d3095af2.html
A rare black pottery wine vessel, jue, dated to the Shang dynasty, from the same private Scottish collection, North Berwick, was sold at this saleroom, 3 November 23, lot 234.