A RARE PARCEL-GILT-DECORATED COPPER POURING BOWL

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

Details

A RARE PARCEL-GILT-DECORATED COPPER POURING BOWL
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
With quadrilobed, rounded sides rising from a ring foot to the flared rim which is interrupted on one side by a spout, the walls of the interior decorated with four flower sprays separated by leaf spandrels, and with a flower sprig in the spout, with a band of overlapping petals at the rim, the exterior with further stylized foliate sprays flanked by butterflies alternating with flower sprigs, all highligted in gilding
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) across spout

Provenance

John Sparks Ltd., London, acquired prior to 1977.

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Lot Essay

This rare bowl is similar in shape and style of decoration to a gilt-decorated copper pouring bowl illustrated in Chinesisches Gold und Silber: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg, Zürich, 1994, p. 162, no. 149, which is decorated in the center with a phoenix amidst clouds.

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