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3 ? in. (8.9 cm.) wide; weight 43.2 g
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 105.
The quadrilobed shape and band of classic scroll seen on this rare cup can also be seen on a gold cup illustrated by Jianshe Yu, ed., Essence of Chifeng Historical Relics Series, Chifeng Jin Yi Qi, 2006, p. 179, pl. CJ122, where it is dated Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Rather than the band of classic scrolls being finely punched, as on the present bowl, it is ring-punched. See, also, the circular gold bowl (8.4 cm. diam.) with a band of punched classic scrolls below the rolled rim, dated Song to Yuan, illustrated in Celestial Creations: Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection, vol. I, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007, pp. 234-35, no. D35.
