EFE 16 A Ding type russet-glazed cupstand

北宋 定窯式 柿釉盞

Northern Song dynasty, 11^th-12^th century

The cupstand is well modelled after a lacquer prototype with a small alms-bowl-shaped receptacle resting on a high-footed saucer.
The whole is covered with a russet-brown glaze with dark areas resembling ‘hare’s fur’, except for the interior of the hollow foot and falls irregularly short of the foot
Diameter 11,6 cm
With Japanese wood box

References: Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Nos 12 and 13, for two comparable cupstands
A russet-glazed Ding ware cupstand with cup is illustrated by Rose Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, No. 40

Cupstands of this type have been produced during the Song dynasty in various materials, such as ceramics and lacquer. 
The present example appear to have been directly inspired by prototypes glazed in rich caramel-brown glazed and fired at the Northern Ding kilns in Hebei province during the Northern Song dynasty.

EFE 16 北宋 定窯式 柿釉盞
時代：北宋，西元11至12世紀。
特徵：盞座根據漆器原型精心設計，座上有一小缽狀容器。除了空心座足內部之外，通體施赤褐色釉，釉色較黯處似「兔毫」。
尺寸：直徑11.6公分。此器帶有日本木盒。
來源：歐洲私人收藏。紐約佳士得2016年3月18日，拍品編號1525。