A RARE GREEN-GLAZED 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' LAMP Northern Qi Dynasty The cylindrical body rising from a spreading stepped base to an everted wide-flanged rim, the lower section of the body applied with three beasts seated above three cartouche apertures alternating with applied rosettes, the rim incised with leaf scrolls with a stepped border, covered overall with a thick green glaze. 19.1cm (7 1/2in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 北齊 綠釉飾瑞獅燭台 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.31 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號31 The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C106n48 dated 30 May 2006, is consistent with the dating of this lot. Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2006年5月30日，編號C106n48）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。 The closest comparison to this rare vessel is a lamp with green and brown glazes and sculptural felines in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1975, pp.54-55, no.48, and again by S.G.Valenstein, Cultural Convergence in the Northern Qi Period: A Flamboyant Chinese Ceramic Container, New York, 2007, p.116, fig.49. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com