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LATE TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
Details
A SILVER OCTAGONAL 'PHOENIX' CUP
LATE TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
The cup is finely chased with a large phoenix standing amidst leafy scrolling foliage that continues around the sides between bands of saw-tooth pattern, all on a fine ring-punched ground. The foot is similarly decorated and the base is engraved with a central flower head. The looped, leaf-shaped handle issues from a trefoil, foliate terminal attached to the side.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high; weight 112 g
LATE TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
The cup is finely chased with a large phoenix standing amidst leafy scrolling foliage that continues around the sides between bands of saw-tooth pattern, all on a fine ring-punched ground. The foot is similarly decorated and the base is engraved with a central flower head. The looped, leaf-shaped handle issues from a trefoil, foliate terminal attached to the side.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high; weight 112 g
Provenance
Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941) Collection, New York.
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK104.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 45.
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK104.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 45.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 104.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, pl. 9c, figs. 24b, 63f, 95e.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 109.
Qi Dongfang, Tangdai jin yin qi yan jiu [Research on Tang gold and silver], Beijing, 1999, p. 349, fig. 3-49.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, pl. 9c, figs. 24b, 63f, 95e.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 109.
Qi Dongfang, Tangdai jin yin qi yan jiu [Research on Tang gold and silver], Beijing, 1999, p. 349, fig. 3-49.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 104.