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QingPrehistory and otherMakers & PatronsMetalwork · TT106
Gold, silver and gilt vessels
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On a riverside cliff ledge stand a tall-necked silver ewer chased with floral medallions and a lidded jar with ring handles, under a reaching pine. The chased metalwork evokes the luxury and craft of courtly banquets.
618–907
Silver Flask with Dancing Horse Holding a CupThe horse that danced for the emperor's birthdayShaanxi History MuseumTE10014Eight-fold Reliquary CasketsEight caskets around a sacred relicFamen Temple MuseumTE10104Gilt Silver Drinking-game Canister on a TortoiseA Tang drinking game played with the AnalectsZhenjiang MuseumTE10105Gilt Silver Monk's Staff with Twelve RingsThe gilded staff that welcomed the Buddha's relicFamen Temple MuseumTE10654
