ID 718563
Lot 753 | AN ENGRAVED PARCEL-GILT SILVER 'DUCKS' BOWL
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The bowl is raised on a circular foot and the interior is engraved with a central medallion of two ducks amidst lotus leaves and other acquatic plants below five leafy spreays in the well, all picked out in gilding. The exterior is left undecorated.
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box
Provenance
Eurasian-Art Inc., Tokyo, 8 September 1995.
Special notice
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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