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26 février 2022

An unusual small clam-shell box and silver cover, Late Tang-Liao dynasty, 9th-12th century

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Lot 750. An unusual small clam-shell box and silver cover, Late Tang-Liao dynasty, 9th-12th century; 2 in. (5 cm.) wide, cloth boxEstimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000Price realised USD 13,860. © Christie's 2022

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

Provenance: Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 27 October 1989.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 25 march 2022

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