ID 905652
Lot 816 | AN ENGRAVED GILT-BRONZE STEM CUP
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
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.
| 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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