Lot 33
  • 33

A FINE SILVER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER TANG DYNASTY

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • silver
decorated and gilt in raised relief on each side with a dove encircled by three smaller birds perched on a flowering scroll, reserved on a ring punched ground, the upright sides encircled by detached floral sprigs (2)

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 13th March 1974, lot 154.
Dr. Ip Yee Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th November 1984, lot 10.
Christian Deydier, Oriental Bronzes Ltd., London, 1985.

Literature

Christian Deydier, Oriental Bronzes Ltd., Chinese Gold, Silver and Gilt Bronze up to the Tang Dynasty, London, December, 1985, no. 25, pp. 40 and 41.