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Precious Sassanian and Central Asian metalwork had been imported to China as early as the 4th and 5th centuries as a result of wars and prosperous trade along the Silk Road. With the influx of foreign metalworkers to cosmopolitan Tang China, the techniques of sheet metalworking were introduced to the Chinese. This silver vessel demonstrates the effects of such east-west exchanges along the Silk Road. Its decoration with intricate gilt, incised and chased designs against a ring-punched ground is of a particularly high standard.
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147003
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Footed Platter with Design of Mythical Beasts amid Grapevines
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147003
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Footed Platter with Design of Mythical Beasts amid Grapevines
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Precious Sassanian and Central Asian metalwork had been imported to China as early as the 4th and 5th centuries as a result of wars and prosperous trade along the Silk Road. With the influx of foreign metalworkers to cosmopolitan Tang China, the techniques of sheet metalworking were introduced to the Chinese. This silver vessel demonstrates the effects of such east-west exchanges along the Silk Road. Its decoration with intricate gilt, incised and chased designs against a ring-punched ground is of a particularly high standard.
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700s
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en
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Q60753955
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Silver
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Diameter: 4.8 x 30.5 cm (1 7/8 x 12 in.)
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China, Tang dynasty (618–907)
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1972.39
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silver with gilt, incised, and chased decoration
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Footed Platter with Design of Mythical Beasts amid Grapevines, 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618–907). Silver with gilt, incised, and chased decoration; diameter: 4.8 x 30.5 cm (1 7/8 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1972.39
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China - Tang Dynasty
didYouKnow
The footed tray, a foreign shape, is decorated with fantastic creatures frolicking among grapevines, a motif borrowed from Roman art.
citations
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Gyllensvärd, Bo. "T'ang, Gold and Silver," <em>Bulletin, Östasiatiska samlingarna (Stockholm, Sweden) </em>no. 29 (1957).
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figs. 58 J & K, 781, 80q
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Sotheby's, London. <em>The D. David-Weill Collection; early Chinese bronzes; inlaid metalwork, gilt bronzes and silver; jades; sculpture and ceramics. </em>29 February 1972 sale.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot no. 167
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Ma, John K. T. "Saleroom News," <em>Arts of Asia</em> 2/3 (May-June 1972), p. 55.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 333
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Kelley, Clarence W.. <em>Chinese Gold & Silver in American Collections: Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618-907</em>. Dayton, OH: Dayton Art Institute, 1984.
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Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
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Reproduced: p. 345, fig. 36
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"London." <em>Apollo</em> 95, no. 124 (June 1972), pp. 526–527.
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Reproduced: fig. 3
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Gao, Emily Yang. "Meal on the Dish: Rethinking Various Types of Plates of Tang China and Their Influence on Chinese Foodways." In <em>A Movable Feast: The Culture of Food and Drink in China, e</em>dited by Nicole T. C. Chiang, 88-112. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum, 2025.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 88–92, fig. 4.1
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Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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2026-05-29 07:32:15.063000
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147003
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Chinese Art
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China - Tang Dynasty
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silver with gilt, incised, and chased decoration
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