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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Details
A VERY RARE SMALL GILT-BRONZE CUP
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The waisted body supported on a short tapering foot, finely chased and engraved with a meandering leafy scroll bearing small blooms, the short flaring rim similarly decorated, all reserved on a ring-punched ground, applied to one side with a delicate tabbed ring handle
1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The waisted body supported on a short tapering foot, finely chased and engraved with a meandering leafy scroll bearing small blooms, the short flaring rim similarly decorated, all reserved on a ring-punched ground, applied to one side with a delicate tabbed ring handle
1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high
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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