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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A SUPERB AND VERY RARE SILVER 'ANIMALS' BOWL
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The bowl has gently rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim. The
exterior is exquisitely decorated with a continuous design of symmetrically
arranged bands of heart-shaped floral scrolls issuing curling tendrils,
leaves and palmettes and interspersed with birds at the top, beneath
a continuous meander of leafy stylized vine, all against a ring-punched
ground. The central band of scrolls enclose various individual animals in
different poses, including an elephant and a camel.
6 º in. (16.5 cm.) diam.; weight 331 g

$900,000-1,200,000
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 44.

EXHIBITED:
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold &Silver in the Carl
Kempe Collection, 1954-55, pp. 31-32, cat. no. 99.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The
Kempe Collection, 1971, p. 78, cat. no. 45, an exhibition touring the United
States and shown also at nine other museums.
On loan: Kansas City, Missouri, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
October 2009 - December 2017.
LITERATURE:
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, pp. 154-55, pl. 99.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far
Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 1957, no. 29, figs. 19c, 63a, 78j, 78k.
Han Wei, Hai nei wai Tangdai jin yin qi cuibian [Tang gold and silver in
Chinese and overseas collections], Xi'an, 1989, pl. 121.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and
Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, p. 141, cat. no. 101.
Qi Dongfang, Tangdai jin yin qi yanjiu [Research on Tang Gold and Silver],
Beijing, 1999, figs. 1-180 and 1-377.
重要私人珍藏
唐 銀桃形瑞獸紋盌
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44。
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 31-32，圖錄編號 99。
紐約，Asia House Gallery，Chinese Gold，Silver and Porcelain. The
Kempe Collection， 1971年，頁78，圖錄編號 45，於美國及其他九所博物館
巡迴展覽。
借展: 堪薩斯市, 密蘇里州, 納爾遜-阿特金斯藝術博物館, 2009年10月 - 2017
年12月。
出版:
俞博，《Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection》，斯德哥爾
摩，1953年，頁154-55，圖版編號99。
俞博，《T'ang Gold and Silver》，Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern
Antiquities，斯德哥爾摩，1957年，編號 29，圖版19c，63a，78j，78k。
韓偉，《海內外唐代金銀器萃編》，西安，1989年，圖版121。
《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141，圖錄編號101。
齊東方，《唐代金銀器研究》，北京，1999年，圖1-180 及 1-377。