A VERY RARE AND FINELY ENGRAVED PARCEL-GILT SILVER JAR AND COVER TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The globular body is engraved with four fully opened lotus blossoms, each enclosed by leafy, scrolling stems, all reserved and highlighted in gilding on a minutely ring-punched ground. The low, splayed foot is decorated with a sawtooth band. The cover is similarly decorated with a six-petaled flower centered by the knob. 2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; weight 136 g Provenance C. T. Loo & Co., New York, before 1941. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK93. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 63.
A VERY RARE AND FINELY ENGRAVED PARCEL-GILT SILVER JAR AND COVER TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The globular body is engraved with four fully opened lotus blossoms, each enclosed by leafy, scrolling stems, all reserved and highlighted in gilding on a minutely ring-punched ground. The low, splayed foot is decorated with a sawtooth band. The cover is similarly decorated with a six-petaled flower centered by the knob. 2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; weight 136 g Provenance C. T. Loo & Co., New York, before 1941. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK93. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 63.
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