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PROPERTY FROM THE MEE-DIN AND ROBERT W. MOORE COLLECTION OF CHINESE LACQUER
A Tixi black and cinnabar lacquer small circular dish
14th-15th CenturyThe shallow rounded sides carved in low relief to the interior, through primarily thick black lacquer layers divided by thinner cinnabar layers, with two rows of radiating 'pommel-scrolls' below a central pointed motif, the rim rounded and the exterior sides with a wide classic-scroll-like motif, a large circular countersunk base. 5 3/8in (13.7cm) diameter
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十四至十五世紀 剔犀如意雲紋圓盒The Chinese term tixi can be literally translated as 'carved rhinoceros', whilst Japanese term guri, refers to 'pommel' scrolls. According to Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer, London, 1979, p.70, the earliest recorded description of it (printed in 1366) explains that the term arose because of the similarities with a rider's leather saddle, which over time changes from black to red to brown and finally becomes a combination of all three colours. Known to have been used as early as the Tang Dynasty, it rose to popularity during the Song and Yuan periods. Most publications state that the 'pommel' refers to the type found as sword furnishings but actually it makes as much sense to refer to the shape of pommels on horse saddles, and actually more in keeping with the Garner reference. Compare another similar but larger cinnabar lacquer dish, also with two registers of ruyi-heads dated to the Southern Song period, illustrated in The Colours and Forms of Song and Yuan China, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004, p. 142, col. pl. 68. A comparable dish in the Tokyo National Palace Museum is illustrated in Toyo no shikkogei:Tokubetsu ten (Far Eastern Lacquer Arts: Special Exhibition), 1977, no. 468. A Cinnabar red lacquer dish of similar size and design, dated Song/Yuan dynasty, is illustrated by Lee King Tsi and Hu Shih Chang, Drache Und Phoenix, Lackarbeiten aus China, The Lee Family Collection, Tokyo (Dragon And Phoenix, Chinese Lacquer Ware), The Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, 1990, pp.42-43, no. 7. For a slightly earlier and larger Tixi black lacquer dish with three concentric rings of 'pommel-scrolls' see Bonhams, London, 11 November 2010, lot 424.
