11th Oct, 2023 11:00

THREE-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 157
 

157

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TRIPOD JAR AND COVER, TANG DYNASTY
唐鏨銀鎏金三足圓蓋罐

Sold for €11,700

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Lot details

China, 618-907. The globular body raised on three cabriole legs engraved with feathers. Finely chased and incised on a minutely ring-punched ground with tall trees, sprouting and blooming plants, dragonflies, butterflies, birds, and a reclining feline. The gently domed cover surmounted by a lotus bud finial.

Provenance: A private collection in Scandinavia. Bukowskis Auktioner, Stockholm, 12-15 June 2012, lot 1838. A private collection in Finland, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Bukowskis Auktioner, dated 18 June 2012, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, rubbing to gilt, minor tarnishing to silver, tiny nicks, light scratches, small dents.

Weight: 330.8 g
Dimensions: Height 8.6 cm, Diameter 7.4 cm

Please click here to read the full description

Literature comparison:
Compare a related parcel-gilt silver tripod vessel, dated to the Tang dynasty, illustrated in Christian Deydier and Han Wei’s Understanding Ancient Chinese Gold and Silver, 2021, pp. 165. Compare a related tripod vessel in Xian, dated to the Tang dynasty, Xian, illustrated in Christian Deydier and Han Wei’s Ancient Chinese Gold, Paris, 2001, pp. 161, no. 390.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 13 October 2021, lot 3678
Estimate: HKD 400,000 or approx. EUR 48,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare parcel-gilt silver tripod vessel and cover, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the size (6.5 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 September 2013, lot 1466
Price: USD 27,500 or approx. EUR 33,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare miniature parcel-gilt silver globular tripod jar, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the smaller size (4.1 cm) and the missing cover.

点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)

唐鏨銀鎏金三足圓蓋罐
中國,618-907。球狀的身體,三獸足。鏨銀鎏金雕刻花木、蜻蜓、蝴蝶、鳥類和猛獸。圓蓋頂部飾有蓮花鈕。。

來源:斯堪的納維亞半島私人收藏;斯德哥爾摩Bukowskis Auktioner拍賣行,2012 年 6 月 12-15 日,拍品 1838;芬蘭私人收藏,購自上述拍賣行。該拍品隨附 Bukowskis Auktioner 於 2012 年 6 月 18 日出具的原始發票副本。
品相:狀況極好,有磨損、鎏金磨損、銀質輕微失去光澤、微小刻痕、輕微劃痕、小凹痕。

重量:330.8 克
尺寸:高 8.6 厘米,直徑 7.4 厘米

文獻比較:
比較一件相近的唐代鏨銀鎏金罐,見Christian Deydier和Han Wei,《Understanding Ancient Chinese Gold and Silver》,2021年,頁165。比較一件相近唐代西安三足罐 ,見《Christian Deydier and Han Wei’s Ancient Chinese Gold》,巴黎,2001年,頁161,編號390。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港蘇富比,2021年10月13日,lot 3678
估價:HKD 400,000(相當於今日EUR 48,500
描述:銀局部鎏金鏨花鳥紋三足蓋罐
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形和裝飾。請注意尺寸 (6.5 釐米)。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:紐約佳士得,2013年9月20日,lot 1466
價格:USD 27,500(相當於今日EUR 33,500
描述:唐鎏金花鳥紋三足小銀爐
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形和裝飾。請注意尺寸較小 (4.1 釐米) ,無蓋。
 

China, 618-907. The globular body raised on three cabriole legs engraved with feathers. Finely chased and incised on a minutely ring-punched ground with tall trees, sprouting and blooming plants, dragonflies, butterflies, birds, and a reclining feline. The gently domed cover surmounted by a lotus bud finial.

Provenance: A private collection in Scandinavia. Bukowskis Auktioner, Stockholm, 12-15 June 2012, lot 1838. A private collection in Finland, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Bukowskis Auktioner, dated 18 June 2012, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, rubbing to gilt, minor tarnishing to silver, tiny nicks, light scratches, small dents.

Weight: 330.8 g
Dimensions: Height 8.6 cm, Diameter 7.4 cm

Please click here to read the full description

Literature comparison:
Compare a related parcel-gilt silver tripod vessel, dated to the Tang dynasty, illustrated in Christian Deydier and Han Wei’s Understanding Ancient Chinese Gold and Silver, 2021, pp. 165. Compare a related tripod vessel in Xian, dated to the Tang dynasty, Xian, illustrated in Christian Deydier and Han Wei’s Ancient Chinese Gold, Paris, 2001, pp. 161, no. 390.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 13 October 2021, lot 3678
Estimate: HKD 400,000 or approx. EUR 48,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare parcel-gilt silver tripod vessel and cover, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the size (6.5 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 September 2013, lot 1466
Price: USD 27,500 or approx. EUR 33,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare miniature parcel-gilt silver globular tripod jar, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the smaller size (4.1 cm) and the missing cover.

点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)

唐鏨銀鎏金三足圓蓋罐
中國,618-907。球狀的身體,三獸足。鏨銀鎏金雕刻花木、蜻蜓、蝴蝶、鳥類和猛獸。圓蓋頂部飾有蓮花鈕。。

來源:斯堪的納維亞半島私人收藏;斯德哥爾摩Bukowskis Auktioner拍賣行,2012 年 6 月 12-15 日,拍品 1838;芬蘭私人收藏,購自上述拍賣行。該拍品隨附 Bukowskis Auktioner 於 2012 年 6 月 18 日出具的原始發票副本。
品相:狀況極好,有磨損、鎏金磨損、銀質輕微失去光澤、微小刻痕、輕微劃痕、小凹痕。

重量:330.8 克
尺寸:高 8.6 厘米,直徑 7.4 厘米

文獻比較:
比較一件相近的唐代鏨銀鎏金罐,見Christian Deydier和Han Wei,《Understanding Ancient Chinese Gold and Silver》,2021年,頁165。比較一件相近唐代西安三足罐 ,見《Christian Deydier and Han Wei’s Ancient Chinese Gold》,巴黎,2001年,頁161,編號390。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港蘇富比,2021年10月13日,lot 3678
估價:HKD 400,000(相當於今日EUR 48,500
描述:銀局部鎏金鏨花鳥紋三足蓋罐
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形和裝飾。請注意尺寸 (6.5 釐米)。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:紐約佳士得,2013年9月20日,lot 1466
價格:USD 27,500(相當於今日EUR 33,500
描述:唐鎏金花鳥紋三足小銀爐
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形和裝飾。請注意尺寸較小 (4.1 釐米) ,無蓋。

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