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A RARE SILVER PETAL-LOBED STEM CUP, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

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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


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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

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