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812 A FINELY ENGRAVED GILT-BRONZE 唐ǭ鎏金銅刻花草紋高足杯
STEM CUP
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The exterior of the cup is engraved with a wide band of leafy Ϝ源
flower scroll reserved on a ring-punched ground below a narrow (JPWBOOJ 'BCSJ 醫⊂Ⅷ藏
《歐洲☆՞Ⅷ藏重要中國唐ջ陶器Ǯ金工及造像》；倫敦蘇
band of florets linked by ‘C’-scrolls. The splayed foot is decorated
with four fan-shaped panels, each engraved with a different 富比， 年 月 日，拍品編號
flower. The cup is covered overall in thick, well-preserved 歐洲☆՞Ⅷ藏
gilding, with small areas of malachite and cuprite encrustation. 藍理捷
紐約
編號
2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) high, cloth box
This finely engraved stem cup exemplifies the refinement of
$20,000-25,000
Tang-dynasty metalwork. Compare a smaller gilt-bronze stem
PROVENANCE: cup engraved with a different pattern of floral scroll on a ring-
Dr. Giovanni Fabri Collection. punched ground from the collection of Mrs. Roy Hunt illustrated
Highly Important Chinese Tang Pottery, Metalworks and by H. Trubner in The Arts of the T’ang Dynasty, Los Angeles,
Sculpture from a European Private Collection; Sotheby's London, 1957, no. 121. Another smaller gilt-bronze stem cup in the Avery
10th June 1986, lot 34. Brundage Collection, engraved with a hunting scene, is illustrated
Private European collection. by J. Fontein and Wu Tung, Unearthing China’s Past, Boston, 1973,
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4728. p. 180, pl. 93.
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