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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT SILVER 'RHINOCEROS' DISH
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT SILVER 'RHINOCEROS' DISH
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The circular dish has shallow, rounded sides rising from a short, splayed footring. The medallion is finely decorated in repoussé and parcel-gilt with a figure of a rhinoceros, which stands foursquare facing to the left, and carries on its back three blossoms supported on a lotus-petal base. The details of the expressive face and the scaly hide are finely chased. The figure is enclosed within a raised and gilt ring, and the everted rim is similarly set with two raised and gilt lines. The back is undecorated.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.; weight 315 g
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The circular dish has shallow, rounded sides rising from a short, splayed footring. The medallion is finely decorated in repoussé and parcel-gilt with a figure of a rhinoceros, which stands foursquare facing to the left, and carries on its back three blossoms supported on a lotus-petal base. The details of the expressive face and the scaly hide are finely chased. The figure is enclosed within a raised and gilt ring, and the everted rim is similarly set with two raised and gilt lines. The back is undecorated.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.; weight 315 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 59.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 59.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pp. 186-87, cat. no. 120.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, p. 167, cat. no. 123.
Qi Dongfang, Tangdai jin yin qi yanjiu [Research on Tang Gold and Silver], Beijing, 1999, pl. 30.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, p. 167, cat. no. 123.
Qi Dongfang, Tangdai jin yin qi yanjiu [Research on Tang Gold and Silver], Beijing, 1999, pl. 30.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, p. 39, cat. no. 120.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, pp. 81-82, cat. no. 59, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, pp. 81-82, cat. no. 59, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.
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