A RARE SILVER EWER AND COVER

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23.09.2022 08:30 UTC -04:00
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Lot 835 | A RARE SILVER EWER AND COVER
A RARE SILVER EWER AND COVER

SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 960-1368)

The bud or melon-shaped body is raised on a low foot ring and applied with a fluted handle and a curved spout. The cover is chased with narrow, overlapping petals that radiate from the base of the bud-shaped knob to the scalloped edge of the everted rim.

4 3/4 in. (12.2 cm.) high; weight 192 g; fitted leather box





Provenance

Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK137.

Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 108.



Literature

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 137.

Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999.



Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 137.
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