Lacquer chrysanthemum-form footed dish
China
Southern Song (1127-1279) or Yuan (1279-1368) Dynasty
In the form of a chrysanthemum flower raised on a high foot, lacquered red and black (the black colour mellowed to a deep brown through age). Long cracks to the lacquer around the rim, old repairs and relacquering around the rim. 6.25cm high, 29.5cm diameter. Together with an old Japanese wooden box.
For a related example (a temmoku-dai of the same chrysanthemum form and colour) see ‘The Colours and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares’, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004. Catalogue/plate number 155.
Cat. 453
China
Southern Song (1127-1279) or Yuan (1279-1368) Dynasty
In the form of a chrysanthemum flower raised on a high foot, lacquered red and black (the black colour mellowed to a deep brown through age). Long cracks to the lacquer around the rim, old repairs and relacquering around the rim. 6.25cm high, 29.5cm diameter. Together with an old Japanese wooden box.
For a related example (a temmoku-dai of the same chrysanthemum form and colour) see ‘The Colours and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares’, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004. Catalogue/plate number 155.
Cat. 453
China
Southern Song (1127-1279) or Yuan (1279-1368) Dynasty
In the form of a chrysanthemum flower raised on a high foot, lacquered red and black (the black colour mellowed to a deep brown through age). Long cracks to the lacquer around the rim, old repairs and relacquering around the rim. 6.25cm high, 29.5cm diameter. Together with an old Japanese wooden box.
For a related example (a temmoku-dai of the same chrysanthemum form and colour) see ‘The Colours and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares’, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004. Catalogue/plate number 155.
Cat. 453