Multi-layered lacquer, interior lined with pewter China, Song Dynasty The bowl has rounded sides rising from a raised foot rim to an everted rim. The exterior is deeply carved with a Ruyi cloud scroll pattern showcasing the multiple layers of black and red ground. At the interior is a pewter alloy inset. Shape: Bowl shape with accentuated foot rim and flared neck Dimensions: 10,5 cm (diameter), 5,5 cm (height) Condition: consistent with age, some old age cracks, minor replacement to one of the 16 sections Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s Literature comparison: For a near identical bowl see Sotheby’s, IMPORTANT CHINESE ART, 21 MARCH 2018, NEW YORK, lot 605. Similar tixi lacquer wares have been excavated from Northern Song dynasty tombs, see Zhongguo qiqi quanji/Corpus of Chinese Lacquers, vol. 4: Fuzhou, 1998, pl. 119. 宋代剔犀如意雲紋盌 剔犀 中國，宋代 此剔犀云纹碗为敞口，圈足，通体髹黑漆，作剔犀工艺处理，器断层现朱漆数道。此碗堆漆甚厚，漆色黑亮，如意卷云纹，云头交叉而置，花纹侧面隐约现出朱红纹理，使整器呈现典雅高贵同时流露富贵庄重之态。內裏是一個錫合金碗。 碗形，圈足 尺寸：直徑 10,5 cm，高 5,5 cm 與年代相符，有多處乾裂，16処修復 奧地利私人老收藏，上世紀三十年代至五十年代初購入 文獻參考：一件幾乎一模一樣的漆碗可見蘇富比《重要中國藝術》，2018年3月21日，紐約，605號拍品。相似剔漆器皿都是出土于北宋墓葬，見《中國漆器大全》第4冊：福州，1998年，圖119。