I-Hsuan Chen
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Lot 35
A SMALL OVAL SILVER CUP WITH RING HANDLE
Tang dynasty
20 March 2023, 08:30 EDT
New YorkSold for US$7,650 inc. premium
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A SMALL OVAL SILVER CUP WITH RING HANDLE
Tang dynasty
The deep straight sides rising from flat rimless base, gently extended to one end for ease of sipping, the other end on the exterior applied a single floret attached with a small ring handle, another floret on the interior to secure the attachment, the burnished silver slightly tarnished with scattered malachite green.
4 5/8in (10.7cm) length
The deep straight sides rising from flat rimless base, gently extended to one end for ease of sipping, the other end on the exterior applied a single floret attached with a small ring handle, another floret on the interior to secure the attachment, the burnished silver slightly tarnished with scattered malachite green.
4 5/8in (10.7cm) length
Footnotes
唐 素地單環耳銀長杯
Published:
Silver and Gold in Ancient China, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 2012, no. 15
Exhibited:
Silver and Gold in Ancient China, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, March 16 to April 14, 2012, no. 15
出版：
《中國古代金銀器》，紐約藍理捷中國文物，2012 年，圖版編號 15
展覽：
《中國古代金銀器》，紐約藍理捷中國文物，2012 年 3 月 16 日至 4 月 14 日，展覽編號 15
A very similar bronze basin of this form with loose ring handle attached to one end is illustrated by the Kubosō Memorial Museum of Art, Chūgoku no kyōdō: rokuro hiki no seidōki (Tin-Bronze of China: Bronzes of the Potter's Wheel), Osaka, 1999, p. 53, no. 108, described by the author on p. 109 that this rare oval form may have been introduced by Silk Road traders from Central Asia.