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MASTERPIECES OF EARLY CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER | 金紫銀青 - 中國早期金銀器粹珍

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A SMALL SILVER CIRCULAR ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ A MINIATURE CIRCULAR PARCEL-GILT SILVER
BOX AND COVER BOX AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The small, slightly convex box and cover are each fnely chased with a The slightly convex cover is chased and parcel-gilded with a central
central bird in fight encircled by fve other birds, one standing, the others blossom from which radiates leafy stems, and the straight sides of the
in fight amidst leafy fower stems, and the straight sides with delicate cover and the box are similarly decorated with foliate motifs, all on a
foliate scroll, all fnely reserved on a minutely ring-punched ground. ring-punched ground. The base of the box is fat and undecorated.
1¬ in. (4.2 cm.) diam.; weight 38.5 g √ in. (2.3 cm.) diam.; weight 7.8 g
$7,000-9,000 $3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
no. CK112. no. CK92.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 83. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 82.
EXHIBITED EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 112. Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 92.
LITERATURE LITERATURE
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, pl. 112. Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 92.
Bo Gyllensvärd, ‘T’ang Gold and Silver’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Bo Gyllensvärd, ‘T’ang Gold and Silver’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far
Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fgs. 42c, 54b, 62n, 67g. Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fg. 80n.
Han Wei, Hai nei wai Tangdai jin yin qi cui bian, [Tang Gold and Silver in Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
Chinese and overseas collections], Xi’an, 1989, pl. 219. and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 94.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 115. 唐 銀局部鎏金花卉紋小圓蓋盒

唐 銀刻花鳥紋小圓蓋盒

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