A FINE SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER QUATREFOIL CUP TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The oblong cup is formed as four bracket-lobed petals, each finely engraved on the exterior with a pair of geese, each pair shown confronting each other on either side of a foliate motif, the two pairs on the long sides shown standing and the two pairs at the ends shown in flight, all against a ring-punched ground, the details highlighted in gilding. 2 ¼ in. ( 5.7 cm.) wide; weight 27.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK95. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 53.
A FINE SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER QUATREFOIL CUP TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The oblong cup is formed as four bracket-lobed petals, each finely engraved on the exterior with a pair of geese, each pair shown confronting each other on either side of a foliate motif, the two pairs on the long sides shown standing and the two pairs at the ends shown in flight, all against a ring-punched ground, the details highlighted in gilding. 2 ¼ in. ( 5.7 cm.) wide; weight 27.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK95. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 53.
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