ID 718526 
Lot 750  | AN UNUSUAL SMALL CLAM-SHELL BOX AND SILVER COVER
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000 
LATE TANG-LIAO DYNASTY, 9TH-12TH CENTURY
The cover is finely decorated with a bird in flight grasping a flower in its beak, and surrounded by further flower branches, all against a ring-punched ground. The silver cover is attached to the clam shell by a linked metal chain.
2 in. (5 cm.) wide, cloth box
Provenance
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 27 October 1989.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
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| Medium: | Silver | 
| Historical era: | Liao dynasty, Tang 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: | Liao dynasty, Tang 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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