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16. A Silver Dish W ith Chased F oliate Decoration
Late Tang/Five Dynasties, A.D. 9th–10th Century

of flat circular form with narrow rounded sides and plain everted rim, finely chased with a large
central roundel of exotic flowers, small stylized pomegranate-like fruits and wide feather-shaped
leaves with scalloped edges.
Diameter 6 ⁄8 inches (16 cm)
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The chased decoration on this dish is closely related to the well-known group of late Tang silver bowls decorated with
parcel-gilt borderless panels of finely drawn exotic blooms and feathery foliage which have been widely published in
museum catalogues and scholarly journals. Compare, for example, the chased decoration in this style and technique on the
bowl and cover from the Kempe Collection which was included in the exhibition that travelled to ten museums in the United
States, illustrated in the catalogue by Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain: The Kempe Collection, New York, 1971,
p. 54, no. 56. Two other parcel-gilt late Tang silver bowls decorated in the same style and technique are illustrated in the
catalogue published by the Museum Rietberg, Chinesisches Gold und Silber: die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1994, pp.
160–161, nos. 147–148.
晚唐/五代 折枝石榴紋銀盤 徑 16 厘米