A RARE PAIR OF PAINTED 'EAR' CWestern Han DynastyEach of elliptical form, with deep rounded sides supported on a flat base, flanked by a pair of 'half-moon' shaped ears set at a low angle, the base, rim of the interior and the ears lacquered in brownish black with red-painted stylised cloud patterns, the exterior lacquered in brownish black with a band of red-painted stylised dots on the rim, one of the ears incised with two characters readinggong ye, box.Each 11cm (4 3/8in) long. (3).For further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.本拍品不設底價西漢 彩繪雲氣紋漆耳杯一對銘文：工野ProvenanceThe Feng Wen Tang Collection來源：奉文堂珍藏The two characters incised on the back of one of the ears, 工野, readinggong ye, indicates the craftsman's name, Ye, who made this pair of ear c.Compare with two similar pairs of ear c in the Shanghai Museum, with 'cloud and beast' and 'cloud and bird' designs, respectively, illustrated inIn a Myriad of Forms: The Ancient Chinese Lacquers, Shanghai, 2018, pp.43-44.木胎，杯呈橢圓形，口微斂，兩側新月形耳微上翹，弧腹，平底。杯内底以褐黑漆為地，用朱漆繪卷雲紋，内壁髹朱漆。耳，口沿均以褐黑漆為地，朱漆繪紋樣，耳部繪卷雲紋，口沿繪幾何紋。杯外壁素髹褐黑漆，口沿朱繪兩排點紋。一耳背面針刻「工野」二字，即名為野的工匠製作了此對耳杯。耳部呈新月形的耳杯一般稱作圓耳杯，是漢代最為流行的耳杯樣式。可參考上海博物館藏兩對彩繪雲獸紋及雲鳥紋漆耳杯，見《千文萬華：中國歷代漆器藝術》，上海，2018年，頁43-44。