Covered box

7th–8th century

Chinese

Hammered silver with ring-punch and chased decoration

Overall h.: 7/8 in.

Diam.: 1 15/16 in.

Thomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection

49.95

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, "Chinese Art Society of America", January - February 1948 (1948)

Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, Chinese Gold and Silver from the Tang Dynasty in American Collections, Nov.3, 1984-Sept. 22, 1985 (New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Feb. 5 - Apr. 21, 1985; Northampton, MA, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, June 1 - July 14, 1985; and Birmingham Museum of Art)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Chinese Metalwork", July 12 - November 27, 1988, (07/12/1988 - 11/27/1988)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

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