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An engraved silver handled cup, Northern Song dynasty | 北宋 銀單把盃
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length 11.7cm. (4 ⅝ in.)
Provenance
J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Catalogue note
Compare a gold cup of similar form in the collection of Christian Holmes, exhibited in Early Chinese Gold & Silver, China Institute in America, New York, 1971-72, cat. no.98, and sold in our New York rooms, 6 June 1985, lot 37; another example of silver attributed to the Jin/Yuan dynasty, from the collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl.136, later sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 107.
Provenance
J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Catalogue note
Compare a gold cup of similar form in the collection of Christian Holmes, exhibited in Early Chinese Gold & Silver, China Institute in America, New York, 1971-72, cat. no.98, and sold in our New York rooms, 6 June 1985, lot 37; another example of silver attributed to the Jin/Yuan dynasty, from the collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl.136, later sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 107.
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length 11.7cm. (4 ⅝ in.)
Provenance
J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Catalogue note
Compare a gold cup of similar form in the collection of Christian Holmes, exhibited in Early Chinese Gold & Silver, China Institute in America, New York, 1971-72, cat. no.98, and sold in our New York rooms, 6 June 1985, lot 37; another example of silver attributed to the Jin/Yuan dynasty, from the collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl.136, later sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 107.
Provenance
J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Catalogue note
Compare a gold cup of similar form in the collection of Christian Holmes, exhibited in Early Chinese Gold & Silver, China Institute in America, New York, 1971-72, cat. no.98, and sold in our New York rooms, 6 June 1985, lot 37; another example of silver attributed to the Jin/Yuan dynasty, from the collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl.136, later sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 107.
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