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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A MINIATURE CIRCULAR PARCEL-GILT SILVER BOX AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The slightly convex cover is chased and parcel-gilded with a central blossom from which radiates leafy stems, and the straight sides of the cover and the box are similarly decorated with foliate motifs, all on a ring-punched ground. The base of the box is flat and undecorated.
7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) diam.; weight 7.8 g
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The slightly convex cover is chased and parcel-gilded with a central blossom from which radiates leafy stems, and the straight sides of the cover and the box are similarly decorated with foliate motifs, all on a ring-punched ground. The base of the box is flat and undecorated.
7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) diam.; weight 7.8 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK92.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 82.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 82.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 92.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fig. 80n.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 94.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fig. 80n.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 94.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 92.