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A rare painted and incised brown and red lacquer Earcup,…
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Sydney
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12-Dec-2016
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A rare painted and incised brown and red lacquer Earcup, Western Han (206BCE-9CE), Thinly constructed and finely decorated on the interior, with painted lacquer and incised needle-point geometric designs around the inner border, the slightly recessed base and on the 'Ears', standing on a flat base, 14.2 cm long, 11 cm wide. Reference: see the Tokyo National Museum, a Mysterious world of ancient designs: Lacquerware from the Tombs of Hebei, china, 1998, cat. No. 83, p. 114 for two similar black lacquer ear cups, Also see Transition to Empire, Art from the Warring States to Han china, March 2011, cat. No. 11, Courage and Joy, for an almost identical example. Provenance: Private Collection, Osaka, Japan
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Unclassified