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125 A LOBED SILVER REPOUSEE
DISH
怤 戨 LIAO DYNASTY, DATED TO THE DINGMAO
⣒ 掐 YEAR OF THE TAIPING PERIOD,
⸛ 句 CORRESPONDING TO 1027
ᶩ 剙
⌗ ⤛ the sides worked into six rounded lobes rimmed with a beaded PROVENANCE
edge, the interior chased with a central medallion enclosing
⸜ġ 㦪 a female dancer in motion, the energetic twisting of the body J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 31st October 1989.
䲳 emphasized by the long ribbons ß owing around the body and Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert
吝 catching the hem of the dress, surrounded by falling prunus (1917-2016) Irving, no. 2877.
⎋ blossoms against a ground of tiny punched rings, the perimeter The Taiping era (1021-1031) was the Þ nal phase of
䚌 Emperor Shengzong’s reign (982-1031). His reign
of the base chased with a sixteen-character inscription dated to
was marked by several important military victories
the dingmao year of the Taiping reign
against the Northern Song, including the Treaty
of Shanyuan in January 1005, in which the Song
Diameter 4½ in., 11.4 cm government agreed to pay an annual tribute of
200,000 bolts of silk and 100,000 taels of silver to
the Liao. The tribute continued for the remainder
所㔯ġĻ
of the Liao dynasty. The inß ux of silver into Liao
⣒⸛ᶩ⌗㔯忚㔯⾈䌳⹄㭧ὃ⫿䫔Ḽ嘇 hands coincides with the date of the present silver
Ը๕ bowl.
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