A SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER 'MYTHICAL BEAST' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The box and cover are finely engraved and parcel-gilt with a winged, leonine mythical beast, its mouth open in a roar, and its tail raised as it stands surrounded by three birds in flight amidst clouds, all on a minutely ring-punched ground. The straight sides are similarly decorated with detached foliate scrolls. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diam.; weight 30 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK121. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 81.
A SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER 'MYTHICAL BEAST' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The box and cover are finely engraved and parcel-gilt with a winged, leonine mythical beast, its mouth open in a roar, and its tail raised as it stands surrounded by three birds in flight amidst clouds, all on a minutely ring-punched ground. The straight sides are similarly decorated with detached foliate scrolls. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diam.; weight 30 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK121. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 81.
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