A VERY RARE GOLD CUP WITH CHASED DECORATION

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23.03.2023 08:30UTC -05:00
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Los 817 | A VERY RARE GOLD CUP WITH CHASED DECORATION
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A VERY RARE GOLD CUP WITH CHASED DECORATION

SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)

The shallow cup is of slightly irregular, circular form, and is finely chased in the center of the interior with a delicate leafy spray bearing a lotus bud and two lotus flowers. The rim of the cup is set on one side with a flat, crescent-shaped, lobed flange chased with a single fruit flanked by leaves and projects over a plain loop handle.

4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) wide, cloth box





Provenance

The Zhang Renjie (1877-1950), Ton-Ying Collection.

Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1940) Collection.

Collection of Senator Hugh Scott (1900-1994).

Sotheby's New York, 4 June 1985, lot 37.

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4726.



Literature

H. Scott, The Golden Age of Chinese Art: The Lively Tang Dynasty, Tokyo, 1966, p. 49, no. 12.

R. D. Kinsman, Chinese Art from the Collection of the Hon. Hugh Scott, Fredericksburg, VA, 1968, no. 17a-b.

Wang Yi-t'ung and B. Wiant, Chinese Art from the Collections of the Honorable Hugh Scott, Pittsburgh, 1970, no. 20-12.

P. Singer, Early Chinese Gold & Silver, China Institute in America, New York, 1971, p. 68, no. 98.

J. J. Lally & Co., Silver and Gold in Ancient China, New York, 2012, no. 38.



Exhibited

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown Art Museum, 1968.

Fredericksburg, Virginia, Mary Washington College Art Gallery, 1968.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1969.

Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1969.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, 1969.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, 1-29 March 1970.

New York, China Institute in America, 21 October 1971-30 January 1972.

New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Silver and Gold in Ancient China, 16 March-14 April 2012, no. 38.
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