A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TRIPOD JAR AND COVER, TANG DYNASTY
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


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.




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。