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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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