SKÅL, guld. Qing dynastin, 1700-tal.
Blomkalksformad med graverad dekor av små landskapsvyer. Undersidan med två monogram. Monogrammet BC under en engelsk Baronial Crown, respektive MG. Vikt 86 gram. 18 karat. Diameter 8 cm.
Liten lagning.
Proveniens
Property of a Swedish Art Collector. A copy of a written statement regarding an earlier dating of the bowl to the Ming dynasty, by former Director of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockhom, Professor Bo Gyllensvärd, dated 1984 is accompanying the piece.
Övrig information
The cup is made of two identical parts; one layer for the exterior and another one for the interior, which are soldered at the lip. This technique was much used during the Tang dynasty, but also common during Yuan and Ming. The complicated technique was used because of the exterior decoration being chased and thus the pattern was repeated in repoussé on the reverse. To hide this relief pattern it had to be covered by another, plain inner layer of gold.