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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
ⱷ834
A SUPERB SILVER STEM CUP
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The cup is divided into ten petal-shaped lobes, each delicately engraved
with birds including ducks, geese and a parrot amidst rocks and trees in a
landscape, all set against a very fine ring-punched ground above engraved
lotus petals rising from the stem foot with a spreading, petal-lobed base
similarly decorated with bands of foliate scrolls.
2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) diam., zitan fitted box
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
Suematsu Boeki Ltd., Toyko, 1992.
Several silver cups of this elegant shape, similarly decorated on each lobe
832 (two views) with various birds in flight amidst plants, have been published. One in
the Hakutsuru Art Museum, Kobe, Japan, is illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd, (another view with box)
'T'ang Gold and Silver', B.M.F.EA., No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, pl. 4b. Another
PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION LITERATURE: from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, and previously in the David Weill
832 Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 1 December 1994, lot 65. One
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 41.
A SMALL CIRCULAR GOLD `TORTOISE' BOX AND COVER Bo Gyllensvärd, ‘T’ang Gold and Silver’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern is illustrated in Tangdai jin yin qi, Zhejiang Municipal Museum and Shaanxi
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fig. 58g. Provincial Museum, 1985, figs. 7 and 8; and another was included in the
exhibition, Masterpieces of Chinese Art From the Art Institute of Chicago,
One side of the circular box is delicately chased with a circular medallion of Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Osaka, Japan, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1989, no. 25. Two gilt-bronze
a tortoise with raised head walking amidst peony scroll. The other side is Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 39. examples have also been published: one in the collection of Dr. Pierre Uldry,
decorated with a circular medallion of a flower surrounded by scrolling, leafy Chinesisches Gold und Silber, Zurich, 1994, p. 151, no. 136; the other in the St.
sprays, and the upright sides with foliate scroll, all reserved on a fine ring- 貴族私人珍藏 Louis Art Museum, by Clarence W. Kelley, Chinese Gold & Silver in American
punched ground. 唐 金刻蠵龜花鳥紋小圓蓋盒 Collections, The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, 1984, p. 54, no. 20.
1¿ in. ( 2.9 cm.) diam.; weight 16.3 g 來源:
約翰‧卡爾‧坎普 (1884-1967) 博士珍藏, 瑞典, 1953年以前入藏, 編號CK41 女史珍藏
$12,000-18,000 倫敦蘇富比, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and 唐 銀蓮瓣花鳥紋高足杯
PROVENANCE: Silver, 2008年5月14日, 拍品編號80 來源:
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK41. 展覽:
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and 哥本哈根, 丹麥藝術與設計博物館, 「Kinas Kunst i Svensk og Dansk eje」, Suematsu Boeki Ltd., 東京, 1992年 (detail)
Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 80. 1950年, 圖錄編號 173
華盛頓哥倫比亞特區, 史密森尼學會, 「Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl
EXHIBITED:
Copenhagen, Dansk Kunstindustrimuseum, Kinas Kunst i Svensk og Dansk eje, Kempe Collection」, 1954-55年, 圖錄編號 41
1950, cat. no. 173. 出版:
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl 俞博, 《Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection》, 斯德哥爾摩,
Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 41. 1953年, 圖錄編號 41
,
俞博, ‘T’ang Gold and Silver’《Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern

Antiquities》, 編號 29, 斯德哥爾摩, 1957年, 插圖58g
《Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of
Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn》, 烏爾里瑟港, 1999年, 圖版編
號39
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
833
A SMALL SQUARE SILVER-BACKED BRONZE `LION AND
GRAPEVINE’ MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The back is inlaid with a silver sheet chased with four lions shown amidst
grapevines surrounding the crouching-lion knob, enclosed by a border of birds
and dragonflies amidst further grapevines.
3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) square, cloth box
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 19 October 1992.

私人珍藏
唐 銅銀背狻猊葡萄紋小方鏡
來源:
Galaxie Art (王炳權), 香港, 1992年10月19日
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