silver

Silver Cup with Chrysanthemum Design, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Retrieved from West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Collection of Zhejiang Provincial Museum.  

Lot 214. Property from an important West Coast private collection. A rare silver reticulated spherical censer, Tang dynasty (618-907). Diameter 5.5 cm. Lot Sold 44,450 USD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023 Provenance: Christie's London, 9th June 1997, lot 17. Exhibited: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, 2002-2023 (on loan). Note: Silver censers of this type, consisting of two openwork hemispheres with a freely moving incense bowl inside were greatly valued... [Lire la suite]

Lot 918. Property from a Princely Collection. A small circular gold 'tortoise' box and cover, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 2.9 cm diam.; weight 16.3 g. Estimate USD 12,000 – USD 18,000. Price realised USD 27,720. © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 Provenance: Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK41.Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver; Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 80. Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A group of four silver and gold artifacts, Tang–Song dynasty (618-1279); 7 cm length of cover; 7.3 cm diam of bowl; 10.8 cm length of pin; 1.6 cm) width of ornament (4). Sold for US$5,737.50 (Estimate US$1,200 - 1,500). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The silver cover of domed oval shape finely chased with a pair of birds in flight over dense foliage and 'fish roe' ring-punched ground, encircled by a running border of chased feathery scroll, the design and border parcel-gilt, made to serve... [Lire la suite]

Lot 41. A pair of 'ruyi' silver vases, meiping, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century; 20.5cm and 20.7cm high (2). Sold for US$277,575 (Estimate US$20,000 - 30,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Each bottle-vase with broad shoulder tapering down to a narrow, recessed foot, decorated with five continuous rows of deeply grooved inter-locking ruyi scrolls to imitate tixi lacquer, the cylinder neck finely incised on the square rim a band of keyfret pattern, the surface lightly polished showing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 40. An inscribed silver footed cup with squared handle and a documented silver dish, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th century; 10.3cm width of cup over handle; 16.5cm diam of dish (2). Sold for US$8,925. © Bonhams 2001-2023 The small cup with everted rim and a rolled lip on the exterior, the horizontal 'h'-shaped handle and flared high foot soldered on, a set of stamped maker's marks below the lip rim on either side of the handle, brushed in black ink one single character at the bottom of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. A finely chased silver shell-form box, Tang dynasty (618-907); 7.6cm wide; 12.8cm wide when open. Sold for US$25,500. © Bonhams 2001-2023 Cast in the shape of a natural clamshell, decorated on both sides with lush flowering vines and songbirds in flight over a dense ring-punched 'fish roe' ground, the tip where the two halves join decorated with simple parallel lines to contrast the design, a small silver hinge with silver rivets on the exterior, the interior also cast realistically... [Lire la suite]

Lot 35. A small oval silver cup with ring handle, Tang dynasty (618-907); 4 5/8in (10.7cm) length. Sold for US$7,650 . © Bonhams 2001-2023 The deep straight sides rising from flat rimless base, gently extended to one end for ease of sipping, the other end on the exterior applied a single floret attached with a small ring handle, another floret on the interior to secure the attachment, the burnished silver slightly tarnished with scattered malachite green. Published: Silver and Gold in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3026. A small silver 'floral' box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 4.5 cm. Lot sold: 40,320 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online: A Private Asian Collection, Hong Kong, 19 January 2023

Lot 542. A silver shell-form box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 7 cm. Lot sold: 44,100 HKD (Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Lot 543. A silver 'mythical beasts' box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 6 cm. Lot sold: 18,900 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 20,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Sotheby's. China/5000 Years, Hong Kong, 25 November 2022