A SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER 'MYTHICAL BEAST' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
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
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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
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