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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A SMALL SILVER CIRCULAR 'BIRD AND FLOWER' BOX AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The small, slightly convex box and cover are each finely chased with a central bird in flight encircled by five other birds, one standing, the others in flight amidst leafy flower stems, and the straight sides with delicate foliate scroll, all finely reserved on a minutely ring-punched ground.
1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) diam.; weight 38.5 g
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The small, slightly convex box and cover are each finely chased with a central bird in flight encircled by five other birds, one standing, the others in flight amidst leafy flower stems, and the straight sides with delicate foliate scroll, all finely reserved on a minutely ring-punched ground.
1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) diam.; weight 38.5 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK112.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 83.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 83.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 112.
Bo Gyllensvärd, ‘T’ang Gold and Silver’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, figs. 42c, 54b, 62n, 67g.
Han Wei, Hai nei wai Tangdai jin yin qi cui bian, [Tang Gold and Silver in Chinese and overseas collections], Xi’an, 1989, pl. 219.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 115.
Bo Gyllensvärd, ‘T’ang Gold and Silver’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, figs. 42c, 54b, 62n, 67g.
Han Wei, Hai nei wai Tangdai jin yin qi cui bian, [Tang Gold and Silver in Chinese and overseas collections], Xi’an, 1989, pl. 219.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 115.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 112.