A RARE SILVER PETAL-LOBED STEM CUP TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The small bowl is worked in repoussé to form ten petals, each finely engraved with small birds in flight amidst flowering plants. The lower body is similarly decorated with waterdrop-shaped, convex petals, each engraved with a bird and flowers. The knobbed and lobed foot terminates in a splayed, petal-lobed base decorated with a floral pattern. 2 ¾ in., (7 cm.) diam.; weight 53 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK111. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 71.
A RARE SILVER PETAL-LOBED STEM CUP TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The small bowl is worked in repoussé to form ten petals, each finely engraved with small birds in flight amidst flowering plants. The lower body is similarly decorated with waterdrop-shaped, convex petals, each engraved with a bird and flowers. The knobbed and lobed foot terminates in a splayed, petal-lobed base decorated with a floral pattern. 2 ¾ in., (7 cm.) diam.; weight 53 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK111. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 71.
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