AN ENGRAVED GILT-BRONZE STEM CUP

Lot 816
23.03.2023 08:30UTC -05:00
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$ 8 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 905652
Lot 816 | AN ENGRAVED GILT-BRONZE STEM CUP
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
AN ENGRAVED GILT-BRONZE STEM CUP

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

The exterior of the cup is engraved with a continuous scene of two hunters on horseback, one with a club extended and ready to strike, the other with bow drawn and followed by two hounds, all reserved on a ring-punched ground below a foliate scroll band. The gilded surface has areas of green patination.

2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) high, cloth box





Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1999.

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3098.
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