26 novembre 2011
"Silk Road Luxuries from China" @ Freer Gallery of Art
Lobed bowl with lotus petals, birds, animals, and 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 and mercury gilding. Purchase...