ID 905588
Lot 812 | A FINELY ENGRAVED GILT-BRONZE STEM CUP
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 25 000
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The exterior of the cup is engraved with a wide band of leafy flower scroll reserved on a ring-punched ground below a narrow band of florets linked by ‘C’-scrolls. The splayed foot is decorated with four fan-shaped panels, each engraved with a different flower. The cup is covered overall in thick, well-preserved gilding, with small areas of malachite and cuprite encrustation.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
Dr. Giovanni Fabri Collection.
Highly Important Chinese Tang Pottery, Metalworks and Sculpture from a European Private Collection; Sotheby's London, 10th June 1986, lot 34.
Private European collection.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4728.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Tang dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Cups |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Tang dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Cups |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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