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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER EWER, CUP AND CUP A plain silver cup stand dated 1018, or earlier, from the tomb of Princess
of Chen and Xiao Shaoju at Qinglongshan Town in Naiman Banner
STAND was included in the exhibition, Gilded Splendor - Treasures from China’s
Liao Empire (907-1125), Asia Society and Museum, New York, 2006, pp.
LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125) 308-9, no. 89. Also illustrated, p. 308, is a detail of a mural from a Liao
tomb discovered at Mount Yang in Aohan Banner which depicts an
The ewer is chased with a central band depicting mandarin ducks occasion and setting in which such cup stands might have been used.
in a lotus pond, the spout in the form of the head of a Makara; the Similar designs of birds in flight with outstretched wings, such as
those seen on the current cup, can be found on gold and silver wares
pentalobed cup is chased on each facet with a goose in a different of the preceding Tang dynasty, such as the gold and silver ‘embroidery-
like basket’ used for heating tea cakes, excavated in 1987 from Famen
pose above a petal, the interior centre with a raised gilt flowerhead; Monastery Pagoda in Fufeng county, Shaanxi province, illustrated by
Han Wei and Christian Deydier, Ancient Chinese Gold, Paris, 2001, pp.
the cup stand is hammered on the receptacle with a central 286-7, nos. 620-1.
flowerhead, on the sides with two rows of petals, the well of the A Technical Examination Report fot this lot is available upon request.
flange with five detached floral blooms and around the rim with a
raised band of scrolling foliage.
The ewer: 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, Japanese wood box (3)
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
PROVENANCE 遼 銀局部鎏金荷塘鴛鴦紋執壺、
銀局部鎏金飛雁紋花口盃、銀局部鎏金花卉紋盃托
A private collection, acquinal in Hong Kong in 1999
來源
私人收藏，1999年於香港入藏
此拍品附科學檢測報告，可供索取。
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