A RARE SILVER SPHERICAL CENSER TANG DYNASTY, 7TH/8TH CENTURY comprised of two reticulated half-spheres banded and joined at the median by a hook on one side and a hinge on the other, one half worked with an overall pattern of scrolled leafy tendrils surrounding confronting pairs of birds feeding on grape vines, on the lower half incorporating palmette leaves, the interior with an arrangement of two silver bands containing a freely moving incense receptacle, the construction keeping the receptacle upright when carried around, the whole suspended from a short linked chain and hook 5cm., 2in. WEIGHT 46g.
A RARE SILVER SPHERICAL CENSER TANG DYNASTY, 7TH/8TH CENTURY comprised of two reticulated half-spheres banded and joined at the median by a hook on one side and a hinge on the other, one half worked with an overall pattern of scrolled leafy tendrils surrounding confronting pairs of birds feeding on grape vines, on the lower half incorporating palmette leaves, the interior with an arrangement of two silver bands containing a freely moving incense receptacle, the construction keeping the receptacle upright when carried around, the whole suspended from a short linked chain and hook 5cm., 2in. WEIGHT 46g.
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