juillet 2017

Lot 57. A rare silver spherical incense burner, Tang dynasty, 7th-8th century, 4.3 cm., 1 5/8 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 46,100 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. comprised of two reticulated hemispheres joined on one side by a hook and a hinge on the other side, the overall reticulated decoration of birds among scrolling vine on one half and flowering scrolls on the other half arranged into four symmetrical sections around a four-petalled flowerhead at the axis, the interior fitted with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A rare silver spherical censer, Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century, 5cm., 2in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Lot sold 84,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. comprised of two reticulated half-spheres banded and joined at the median by a hook on one side and a hinge on the other, one half worked with an overall pattern of scrolled leafy tendrils surrounding confronting pairs of birds feeding on grape vines, on the lower half incorporating palmette leaves, the interior with an arrangement of two silver bands... [Lire la suite]

Censer, Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th–9th century. Silver. Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm). Rogers Fund, 1921, 21.146 © 2000–2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art This spherical censer was originally suspended from a chain. The interior hemispherical bowl for incense is hung on gimbals so that it remains upright as the censer is swung.

Censer, chased silver, Tang dynasty (618-960). Height: 4.3 cm, Diameter: 7.5 cm. Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee, M.98-1938 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. This censer consists of two hemispherical shells which are locked together by a bayonet fitting to form a sphere. A series of rings inside one another were attached to one half to ensure that the central saucer remained upright even when the incense burner... [Lire la suite]

Chased and gilt silver eight-lobed dish, China, Tang dynasty (618-960). Length: 18.8 cm. Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee, M.35-1935 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. Eight-lobed silver dish with oval domed hollow foot; at each end of the internal surface there is a chased and gilt fish and a gilt band runs along the internal rim. This eight-lobed dish was hammered out of silver sheets and decorated with a thin... [Lire la suite]

Ladle with goose-shaped finial, Tang dynasty (618-907). Beaten silver. Length: 19.4 cm. From the Eumorfopoulos collection, purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committe, M.101-1938 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. Silver ladle with long curved handle ending as a duck's head and an almost hemispherical bowl. This ladle was probably used in preparation for drinking; a smaller, flatter type of spoon would have been... [Lire la suite]

Silver cup with handle, China, Tang dynasty (618-960). Chased and punched silver. Height: 5.1 cm, Diameter: 6.5 cm. From the Eumorfopoulos collection, purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee, M.32-1935 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. Silver cup of inverted bell shape with small hollow foot and loop handle with thumb piece, decorated with a chased design of floral scrolls on a ground of finely punched dots. This... [Lire la suite]

Lot 51. A rare begonia-shaped parcel-gilt silver stembowl, Tang dynasty, 8th century, 15.4cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 78,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. the bowl in the shape of a begonia flower rising from a gently spreading quatrefoil foot with a beaded border in repoussé, the interior of the bowl finely engraved and parcel-gilt with a central dragon-fish surrounded by four geese in flight, all amidst large scrolling feathery leaves and reserved on a... [Lire la suite]

Lobed ladle with floral scrolls,  China, Shaanxi province, probably Xi’an, early or mid-Tang dynasty, late 7th–early 8th century.  Hammered silver with repoussé, chased, and ring-punched decoration,   Purchase .  Freer Gallery of Art, F1944.58 © 2017 Smithsonian Institution  

Lot 62. A very fine small silver ladle, Tang dynasty, late 7th-early 8th century, 26cm., 10 1/4 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 96,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. the deep petal-lobed bowl delicately chased and engraved with small birds amongst flowering scrolling foliage on a regularl ring-matted ground, the generously gauged and elegantly curved bird-headed handle similarly decorated on the front with a sinuous foliate meander. Weight: 67.5g. Exhibited: Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl... [Lire la suite]