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A SMALL FINELY-ENGRAVED GILT-BRONZE STEM CUP The form and design of this stem cup may be compared to a slightly smaller
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) Tang dynasty silver stem cup (9.8 cm. high) illustrated by Carol Michaelson
The deep sides of the cup are engraved in meticulous detail with equestrian in Gilded Dragons, London, 1999, p 22. fg. 4., similarly decorated with
huntsmen in pursuit of game in a landscape with fowers against a ring- equestrian huntsmen chasing game against a ring punched ground and
punched ground above the knopped spreading foot and with a band of below a scrolling foral band. The current lot may also be compared to a stem
scrolling foliage below the rim.
cup sold at Christie's London, 14 July 1980, lot 298.
2 in. (5 cm.) high
£8,000-12,000 US$11,000-16,000
€9,300-14,000 唐 鎏金銅刻人物圖高足杯
PROVENANCE:
The Collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967).
Sotheby's London, 5 November 2008, lot 414. 來源:
Property from a Princely Collection.
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) 舊藏
倫敦蘇富比2008年11月5日, 拍品414
貴族私人珍藏

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