Lot 60
  • 60

A BLUE GLASS CUP POSSIBLY KOREA, SILLA DYNASTY

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • blue glass and paulownia wood box
the deep flaring sides rising from a splayed foot to a gently lobed rim, decorated to the exterior with raised circular bosses, Japanese wood box; together with a blue glass sprinkler, Japanese wood boxes

Provenance

Mayuyama & Co. Ltd, Tokyo.

Exhibited

Cup:
Exhibition of Eastern Art. Celebrating the opening of the Gallery of Eastern Antiquities, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1968, cat. no 745.

Sprinkler:
Exhibition of Eastern Art. Celebrating the opening of the Gallery of Eastern Antiquities, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1968, cat. no 746.

Literature

Cup:
Ryūsen Shūhō. Sōgyō shichijū shūnen kinen/Mayuyama: Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 2, pl. 656.
Tokubetu tenkan toyo kodai galasu: Tozai kosho shi no shiten kara [Ancient glass from Orient: A point of view from the negotiation of East and West], Tokyo, 1980, pl. 250. 

Sprinkler:
Ryūsen Shūhō. Sōgyō shichijū shūnen kinen/Mayuyama: Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 2, pl. 660.
Tokubetu tenkan toyo kodai galasu: Tozai kosho shi no shiten kara [Ancient glass from Orient: A point of view from the negotiation of East and West], Tokyo, 1980, pl. 252.

Condition

Cup: This is in good condition. Sprinkler: This is in good condition, but has some light scratches to the sides.
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