• Dimension: Height: 1 1/2 in (3.8 cm) Width: 5 3/4 in (14.6 cm)
• Estimate From: $3500
• Estimate To: $5500

The cup is formed as four lobed petals, each finely engraved and gilded on the rim with foliate decorations, the interior further engraved with a recumbent deer surrounded by foliage, all against a ring-punched ground. Tang Dynasty period.

Provenance: 1. Private collection, Aichi, Japan. 2. Property from a private collection in Southern California (Lot 1018 - 1020)
來源: 1.日本愛知縣私人早年收藏 2. 南加州私人收藏 (Lot 1018 - 1020) 可參考一相似尺寸及造型之唐代魚紋鎏金銀盞，藏於洛陽博物館 Compare a Tang Dynasty fish-patterned gilt silver bowl with similar dimensions and design, in the collection of Luoyang Museum, Shaanxi, China