24 février 2023
A bronze basin, Tang dynasty (618-907)
Lot 813. A bronze basin, Tang dynasty (618-907); 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 5,000 – USD 7,000. Price realised USD 3,780. © Christie's 2023
The shallow basin has steep sides with a flat base and has a smooth green patina with patches of malachite encrustation.
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1999.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3093.
Note: A bronze basin of very similar form unearthed in 1957 from a Sui dynasty tomb located in the outskirts of Xi’an, is illustrated in Tang Chang’an cheng jiao Sui Tang mu (Excavations of Sui and Tang Tombs at Xi’an), Beijing, 1980, pl. 13:4, and described on p. 20.
Christie's. J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 23.03.2023
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