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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT SILVER
'RHINOCEROS' DISH
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The circular dish has shallow, rounded sides rising from a short, splayed footring. The medallion
is finely decorated in repoussé and parcel-gilt with a figure of a rhinoceros, which stands
foursquare facing to the left, and carries on its back three blossoms supported on a lotus-
petal base. The details of the expressive face and the scaly hide are finely chased. The figure is
enclosed within a raised and gilt ring, and the everted rim is similarly set with two raised and gilt
lines. The back is undecorated.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.; weight 315 g
$1,000,000-1,500,000

PROVENANCE:
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.Early Gold and Silver, 14 May
2008, lot 59.
EXHIBITED:
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
1954-55, p. 39, cat. no. 120.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, pp.
81-82, cat. no. 59, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.
LITERATURE:
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pp. 186-87,
cat. no. 120.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern
Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, p. 167, cat. no. 123.
Qi Dongfang, Tangdai jin yin qi yanjiu [Research on Tang Gold and Silver], Beijing, 1999, pl. 30.

重要私人珍藏
唐 銀局部鎏金犀牛紋盤
來源:
約翰·卡爾·坎普博士 (1884-1967年)珍藏，瑞典，1953年前入藏。
倫敦蘇富比，Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver，2008年5月
14日，拍品編號59。
展覽:
華盛頓特區, 史密森尼學會，Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection，1954-55年，
頁 39， 圖錄編號 120。
紐約， Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold， Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection，
1971年， 頁81-82，圖錄編號 59， 於美國及其他九所博物館巡迴展覽。
出版:
俞博， 《Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection》， 斯德哥爾摩，1953年，頁186-87
，圖錄編號120。
《Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection》， 瑞典遠東文物博物館，
烏爾里瑟港，1999年，頁167，圖錄編號123。
齊東方，《唐代金銀器研究》，北京，1999年，圖版30。