A MINIATURE CIRCULAR PARCEL-GILT SILVER BOX AND COVER TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The slightly convex cover is chased and parcel-gilded with a central blossom from which radiates leafy stems, and the straight sides of the cover and the box are similarly decorated with foliate motifs, all on a ring-punched ground. The base of the box is flat and undecorated. 7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) diam.; weight 7.8 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK92. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 82.
A MINIATURE CIRCULAR PARCEL-GILT SILVER BOX AND COVER TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The slightly convex cover is chased and parcel-gilded with a central blossom from which radiates leafy stems, and the straight sides of the cover and the box are similarly decorated with foliate motifs, all on a ring-punched ground. The base of the box is flat and undecorated. 7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) diam.; weight 7.8 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK92. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 82.
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