Lot 143. Property from a Princely Collection. A small finely eengraved silver stem cup, Tang dynasty (618-907). H. 5.2 cm. Price realised EUR 23,940 (Estimate EUR 10,000 – EUR 15,000). © Christie's 2024

Provenance: Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK102.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 47.

Literature: B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. p. 32, no. 102.
B. Gyllensvärd, ‘T’ang Gold and Silver’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, No. 29, 1957, figs. 55a, 75c, 86b, 87f.
Han Wei, Hai nei wai Tangdai jin yin qi cui bian, (Tang Gold and Silver in Chinese and overseas collections), Xi’an, 1989, pl. 44.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, p. 145, pl. 104.

Exhibited: Washington, D. C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-1955.

Christie's. ART D'ASIE, Paris, 13 june 2024