Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 17 sept. 2013
26 août 2013
A small silver circular box and cover, Tang dynasty
Lot 32. A small silver circular box and cover, Tang dynasty. Diameter 1 1/2 in., 3.8 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 10,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's
engraved on one side with a pair of hoopoe birds and on the reverse with a pair of antelope, enclosed by sprigs and scrolls on a punched ground, detached scrolls on the sides (2).
PROVENANCE: Walter Stein Collection.
Dr. Ip Yee Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 6th November 1981, lot 23
LITTERATURE: Bo Gyllensvard, Tang Gold and Silver, Bulletin No. 29, Stockholm: The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, 1957, figs. 67a and 93 (i) and pl. 13 (c) (image enhanced).
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