A VERY FINE PETAL-LOBED SILVER STEM CUP, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
A VERY FINE PETAL-LOBED SILVER STEM CUP
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The small bowl is divided into eight petal-shaped lobes, each delicately engraved with birds including ducks, geese and a parrot amidst rocks and trees in a landscape, the birds shown either in flight, or alternately looking towards or away from each other, all against a very fine ring-punched ground above engraved lotus petals rising from the stem foot with spreading, petal-lobed base similarly decorated with bands of foliate scrolls.
2 ¾ in. (6.9 cm.) diam.; weight 85 g
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A VERY FINE PETAL-LOBED SILVER STEM CUP
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The small bowl is divided into eight petal-shaped lobes, each delicately engraved with birds including ducks, geese and a parrot amidst rocks and trees in a landscape, the birds shown either in flight, or alternately looking towards or away from each other, all against a very fine ring-punched ground above engraved lotus petals rising from the stem foot with spreading, petal-lobed base similarly decorated with bands of foliate scrolls.
2 ¾ in. (6.9 cm.) diam.; weight 85 g
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