A PAIR OF SILVERY METAL PETAL-LOBED DISHES
A PAIR OF SILVERY METAL PETAL-LOBED DISHES

SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)

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A PAIR OF SILVERY METAL PETAL-LOBED DISHES
SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
The slightly flared sides of each dish are finely shaped as six petals rising from the flat base.
Each 4 3/8 in, (11.1 cm.) diam.; weight 89.2 and 102 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK170.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 109.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 170.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection. The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 163.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 170.

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