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A rare parcel-gilt silver octofoil dish, Tang dynasty | 唐 局部鎏金銀鏨刻狩獵紋盃
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Length 15 cm, 5 ⅞ in.
Provenance
Gisele Croes Oriental Art, Brussels, 23rd September 2004.
Catalogue note
Elongated lobed cups of this type with chased decoration are shaped after a Sassanian gold and silver prototype. This oblong octofoil shaped dish is lavishly decorated on the exterior with hunting scenes pursuing hares and resting birds amidst lush foliage. A comparable dish in the Hakutsuru Art Museum, Kobe, is illustrated in Hakatsuru Bijutsukan zohin zuroku [Illustrated Catalogue of Pieces in the Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum], Hakatsuru Fine Art Museum, Kobe, 1988, pl.59; another example from the collection of Pierre Uldry, is published in in Chinesisches Gold und Silber: die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg Zurich, Zurich, 1994, pl.139; and a third cup in quatrefoil shape, from the collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), was sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 53, and again at Christie's New York, 12 September 2019, lot 554.
Provenance
Gisele Croes Oriental Art, Brussels, 23rd September 2004.
Catalogue note
Elongated lobed cups of this type with chased decoration are shaped after a Sassanian gold and silver prototype. This oblong octofoil shaped dish is lavishly decorated on the exterior with hunting scenes pursuing hares and resting birds amidst lush foliage. A comparable dish in the Hakutsuru Art Museum, Kobe, is illustrated in Hakatsuru Bijutsukan zohin zuroku [Illustrated Catalogue of Pieces in the Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum], Hakatsuru Fine Art Museum, Kobe, 1988, pl.59; another example from the collection of Pierre Uldry, is published in in Chinesisches Gold und Silber: die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg Zurich, Zurich, 1994, pl.139; and a third cup in quatrefoil shape, from the collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), was sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 53, and again at Christie's New York, 12 September 2019, lot 554.
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Length 15 cm, 5 ⅞ in.
Provenance
Gisele Croes Oriental Art, Brussels, 23rd September 2004.
Catalogue note
Elongated lobed cups of this type with chased decoration are shaped after a Sassanian gold and silver prototype. This oblong octofoil shaped dish is lavishly decorated on the exterior with hunting scenes pursuing hares and resting birds amidst lush foliage. A comparable dish in the Hakutsuru Art Museum, Kobe, is illustrated in Hakatsuru Bijutsukan zohin zuroku [Illustrated Catalogue of Pieces in the Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum], Hakatsuru Fine Art Museum, Kobe, 1988, pl.59; another example from the collection of Pierre Uldry, is published in in Chinesisches Gold und Silber: die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg Zurich, Zurich, 1994, pl.139; and a third cup in quatrefoil shape, from the collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), was sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 53, and again at Christie's New York, 12 September 2019, lot 554.
Provenance
Gisele Croes Oriental Art, Brussels, 23rd September 2004.
Catalogue note
Elongated lobed cups of this type with chased decoration are shaped after a Sassanian gold and silver prototype. This oblong octofoil shaped dish is lavishly decorated on the exterior with hunting scenes pursuing hares and resting birds amidst lush foliage. A comparable dish in the Hakutsuru Art Museum, Kobe, is illustrated in Hakatsuru Bijutsukan zohin zuroku [Illustrated Catalogue of Pieces in the Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum], Hakatsuru Fine Art Museum, Kobe, 1988, pl.59; another example from the collection of Pierre Uldry, is published in in Chinesisches Gold und Silber: die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg Zurich, Zurich, 1994, pl.139; and a third cup in quatrefoil shape, from the collection of Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), was sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 53, and again at Christie's New York, 12 September 2019, lot 554.
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