A RARE SILVER SPHERICAL CENSER TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The globular censer is comprised of two hinged, openwork half-spheres, the upper half decorated with a design of two pairs of parrots facing each other as they pick at grapes in the midst of scrolling, leafy vines, the lower half with scrolling, leafy vines bearing flowers and fruit. The interior is fitted with a gimbaled system of two silver rings holding a gilt-bronze hemispherical bowl that remains upright irrespective of the movement of the outer sphere, and the censer is suspended on a hooked chain. 2 in. (5 cm.) diam.; weight 46 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK97. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 56.
A RARE SILVER SPHERICAL CENSER TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The globular censer is comprised of two hinged, openwork half-spheres, the upper half decorated with a design of two pairs of parrots facing each other as they pick at grapes in the midst of scrolling, leafy vines, the lower half with scrolling, leafy vines bearing flowers and fruit. The interior is fitted with a gimbaled system of two silver rings holding a gilt-bronze hemispherical bowl that remains upright irrespective of the movement of the outer sphere, and the censer is suspended on a hooked chain. 2 in. (5 cm.) diam.; weight 46 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK97. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 56.
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