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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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A VERY RARE SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER LOBED CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The cover finely chased and engraved with a pair of confronted ducks standing on a lotus flower below foliage, surrounded by eight heart-shaped cartouches enclosing a single bloom, the rim with birds in flight alternating with floral clusters, the base with a pair of birds with entwined necks to the centre and similarly decorated, all reserved on a ring-punched ground
2 in. (5 cm.) diam.
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The cover finely chased and engraved with a pair of confronted ducks standing on a lotus flower below foliage, surrounded by eight heart-shaped cartouches enclosing a single bloom, the rim with birds in flight alternating with floral clusters, the base with a pair of birds with entwined necks to the centre and similarly decorated, all reserved on a ring-punched ground
2 in. (5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
By repute, purchased from Kusaka Shogado in Kyoto, Japan, in the 1930s.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Louise Britain
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