A Chinese silver-gilt jar and cover

A Chinese silver-gilt jar and cover, probably Tang Dynasty (618-907), the globular body finely engraved with various birds and animals in a landscape with flowers against a ring-punched ground, details reserved and highlighted in gilding, the cover decorated with similar scene, 9.8cm highProvenance: Property of a Gentleman collected in the 1980's or 1990's 唐（可能）银鎏金花草走兽图盖罐拍品来源：英国私人收藏，购于上世纪八十-九十年代Condition Report: Extensive encrustation and surface erosion, one dent on the body, the foot with minor misshaping and old reattachment of foot possibly to base?Condition Report Disclaimer