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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION ANOTHER PROPERTY
754 ⱷ756
Other cups of this shape with varying foliate scroll decoration are in private
A STEATITE STEM CUP A SMALL FINELY ENGRAVED GILT-SILVER STEM CUP and public collections, and include one illustrated by B. Gyllensvard, Chinese
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, no. 102; one
Raised on a splayed foot, the cup has a slightly The deep sides of the cup and the spreading foot are engraved with a wide illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no.
flared mouth rim and is carved on the body with a band of leafy flower scroll reserved on a ring-punched ground between narrow 320; one in the collection of Senator Hugh Scott, illustrated in the Golden
bow-string band. bands of similar decoration above and below. The cup is covered overall in Age of Chinese Art, 1970, no. 18; one in the collection of Ostasiatische
thick, well-preserved gilding.
1√ in. (4.6 cm.) high, cloth box Kunstabteilung, Berlin, included in the Exhibition of Chinese Art, Berlin, 12
2v in. (6.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box January - 2 April 1929, no. 438; and another from the Erwin Harris Collection,
$4,000-6,000 sold at Christie’s New York, 16 March 2017, lot 876 (part).
$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE:
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 1984. PROVENANCE: 唐ǎ銀鎏金➁枝葡萄紋高足盃
Eurasian-Art Inc., Tokyo, 1 May 1997. Ϝ源
私人珍藏 &VSBTJBO "SU *OD
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年 月 日
This superbly engraved stem cup exemplifies the refinement of Tang
唐 豹斑石高足盃 dynasty metalwork. A cup of this form decorated with scrolling vines and
來源: grape leaves was unearthed from the reliquary chamber of the pagoda at
the Qingshan Temple in Lindongxian, Shaanxi province. The construction
Galaxie Art (王炳權), 香港, 1984年
of the temple was begun in 736, and in 740 the reliquary was placed in the
subterranean chamber of the pagoda along with other objects of gold, silver,
bronze and ceramic.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
755
A STEATITE TRIPOD CENSER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The bulbous body with a short, waisted neck rising to
a slightly everted rim, is raised on three cabriole legs
cut with facets and terminating in upturned ends.
6æ in. (17.2 cm.) wide, cloth box
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong,
19 October 1992.

私人珍藏
唐 豹斑石三足爐
來源:
Galaxie Art (王炳權), 香港, 1992年10月19日

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