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A RARE CHINESE ENGRAVED GILT-BRONZE STEM CUP, TANG DYNASTY (618 - 907)
The deep sides of the cup are finely engraved with equestrian huntsmen in pursuit of game amid a floral landscape, set against a ring-punched ground above a knobbed, spreading foot, and with a band of scrolling foliage below the rim. The cup is accompanied by an old Japanese wood box.
This finely engraved stem cup exemplifies the refinement of Tang dynasty metalwork. Compare a smaller gilt-bronze stem cup engraved with a related floral scroll design on a ring-punched ground from the collection of Mrs Roy Hunt, illustrated by H. Trubner in The Arts of the Tang Dynasty, Los Angeles, 1957, no. 121. Another smaller gilt-bronze stem cup in the Avery Brundage Collection, engraved with a hunting scene, is illustrated by J. Fontein and Wu Tung in Unearthing China's Past, Boston, 1973, p. 180, pl. 93.
A comparable stem cup was sold at Christie's New York, 23 March 2023, lot 812; another slightly smaller example (5 cm high) was sold at the same house, London, 14 May 2019, lot 77.
唐 刻花鎏金銅高足盃
盃深腹，外壁精細刻劃騎馬狩獵圖，人物奔馳追逐獵物於花卉山景之中，以環錘紋地為襯，口沿下飾卷草紋帶，下承帶鈕外撇高足。附日本舊配木盒。
此類刻紋精細之高足盃，體現唐代金屬工藝之精湛水準。可比較 Roy Hunt 夫人舊藏一件尺寸較小之鎏金銅高足盃，飾相類卷草紋，見 H. Trubner 著《The Arts of the Tang Dynasty》，洛杉磯，1957年，編號121；另有一件 Avery Brundage 收藏之例，飾狩獵圖，見 J. Fontein 與吳同著《Unearthing China’s Past》，波士頓，1973年，頁180，圖版93。
另見相類器，紐約佳士得，2023年3月23日，拍品812；及倫敦佳士得，2019年5月14日，拍品77（高5厘米）。
源流：
日本大阪重要私人珍藏
6.7cm high
Sold for $11,000
Lot 122
The deep sides of the cup are finely engraved with equestrian huntsmen in pursuit of game amid a floral landscape, set against a ring-punched ground above a knobbed, spreading foot, and with a band of scrolling foliage below the rim. The cup is accompanied by an old Japanese wood box.
This finely engraved stem cup exemplifies the refinement of Tang dynasty metalwork. Compare a smaller gilt-bronze stem cup engraved with a related floral scroll design on a ring-punched ground from the collection of Mrs Roy Hunt, illustrated by H. Trubner in The Arts of the Tang Dynasty, Los Angeles, 1957, no. 121. Another smaller gilt-bronze stem cup in the Avery Brundage Collection, engraved with a hunting scene, is illustrated by J. Fontein and Wu Tung in Unearthing China's Past, Boston, 1973, p. 180, pl. 93.
A comparable stem cup was sold at Christie's New York, 23 March 2023, lot 812; another slightly smaller example (5 cm high) was sold at the same house, London, 14 May 2019, lot 77.
唐 刻花鎏金銅高足盃
盃深腹，外壁精細刻劃騎馬狩獵圖，人物奔馳追逐獵物於花卉山景之中，以環錘紋地為襯，口沿下飾卷草紋帶，下承帶鈕外撇高足。附日本舊配木盒。
此類刻紋精細之高足盃，體現唐代金屬工藝之精湛水準。可比較 Roy Hunt 夫人舊藏一件尺寸較小之鎏金銅高足盃，飾相類卷草紋，見 H. Trubner 著《The Arts of the Tang Dynasty》，洛杉磯，1957年，編號121；另有一件 Avery Brundage 收藏之例，飾狩獵圖，見 J. Fontein 與吳同著《Unearthing China’s Past》，波士頓，1973年，頁180，圖版93。
另見相類器，紐約佳士得，2023年3月23日，拍品812；及倫敦佳士得，2019年5月14日，拍品77（高5厘米）。
源流：
日本大阪重要私人珍藏
6.7cm high
Estimate $10,000 - $20,000
Overall in good condition, there are some areas of corrosion which are consistent with it's age.
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