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811 A VERY RARE LARGE AND FINELY                           唐ǭ銀鏨Ⅷⅸ地纏枝卷草花鳥紋㏋殼形盒
               CHASED SILVER SHELL-FORM BOX
               TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
               Realistically formed as a clam shell with silver hinge at one side,   Ϝ源
               the box is decorated on the exterior of each half with birds amidst       年入藏於ḭ門
               exotic blooms and lush foliage borne on scrolling stems, all   藍理捷
 紐約
 編號Y
               reserved on a fine ring-punched ground.
               4¿ in. (10.5 cm.) wide, cloth box
               $150,000-180,000
               PROVENANCE:
               Acquired in Macau, 1985.
               J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. x2630.
               A smaller Tang-dynasty chased silver clamshell-form box
               decorated with a peacock and a phoenix amidst dense scrolling
               foliage on a punched ground is in the Freer Gallery of Art and
               illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese Art: the Freer
               Gallery of Art Handbook, Washington D.C., 1976, p. 24, no.
               30.50. A smaller (2¬ in.) Tang-dynasty parcel gilt clamshell-
               form silver box decorated with birds in the collection of The
               Art Institute of Chicago is illustrated by H. Trubner in The
               Arts of the T’ang Dynasty, Los Angeles, 1957, p. 125, no. 354.
               Another related example, decorated with birds and otter, from
               the Carl Kempe Collection, is illustrated in Chinese Gold and
               Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 1999, p. 185,
               no. 137.


































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