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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN UNUSUAL SMALL CLAM-SHELL BOX AND SILVER COVER
LATE TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
Details
AN UNUSUAL SMALL CLAM-SHELL BOX AND SILVER COVER
LATE TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
The cover is finely decorated with a bird in flight grasping a flower in its beak, and surrounded by further flower branches, all against a ring-punched ground. The silver cover is attached to the clam shell by a linked metal chain.
2 in. (5 cm.) wide, cloth box
LATE TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
The cover is finely decorated with a bird in flight grasping a flower in its beak, and surrounded by further flower branches, all against a ring-punched ground. The silver cover is attached to the clam shell by a linked metal chain.
2 in. (5 cm.) wide, cloth box
Provenance
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 27 October 1989.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist