Important Chinese Art including Imperial Jades from the De An Tang Collection

Important Chinese Art including Imperial Jades from the De An Tang Collection

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A rare parcel-gilt silver tripod vessel and cover Tang dynasty | 唐 銀局部鎏金鏨花鳥紋三足蓋罐

Auction Closed

October 13, 04:27 AM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

A rare parcel-gilt silver tripod vessel and cover

Tang dynasty

唐 銀局部鎏金鏨花鳥紋三足蓋罐


cast with an almost spherical body resting on three cabriole legs, exquisitely gilt-decorated with birds and foliate scrolls against a ring-punched ground, the well-fitted cover similarly decorated and surmounted with a bud-shaped finial

h. 6.5 cm, w. 6 cm

Susan Chen, Hong Kong, 23rd April 1993.


陳淑貞，香港，1993年4月23日

It is rare to find a Tang parcel-gilt silver tripod vessel with such finely detailed decoration, preserved in good condition with original cover. It is closely related to another vessel complete with its cover in Xian, illustrated in Han Wei and Christian Deydier, Ancient Chinese Gold, Paris, 2001, p. 161, no. 390. A smaller Tang parcel-gilt tripod jar, but lacking its cover, was sold at Christie's New York, 20th September 2013, lot 1466.