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Silver wine cup with parcel gilding
This delicate silver wine cup is representative of the cultural exchanges between Persia, Sogdiana, and China that flourished during the Tang. The fine elegance of this dish, with four thin raised lobes around a gilded center, contrasts starkly with the robust and imposing Chinese ritual vessels that were created in earlier dynasties with the use of molds
Silver service
Silver vessels produced during the Song period (960–1279) were used mainly for formal entertaining. This set of two plates, two small bowls, and a large bowl with a stand is likely to have been made in one of the cities along the lower reaches of the Yangzi River.
Silver Dish with Eight Buddhist Treasures
Worked mainly in repoussé, this silver dish is decorated with the Eight Treasures - the wheel, the banner, the double fish, the precious vase, the parasol, the conch, the lotus, and the endless knot - a Buddhist motif often found in Chinese decorative arts.
Silver dish in the Shape of a Leaf
Close ties between China, regions in northwest India, and Iran in the fifth and sixth centuries led to the introduction of vessels made of gold and silver, some of which were included in burials as marks of the privileged status of the deceased.
Gold small cup (sacrificial vessel) with two Kui-dragon-shaped ears
The cup, with a flared mouth, a drawn-in belly, a deflated base and a loop leg, is unadorned inside, and ringed with fret patterns at the outer edge.
Gold plate carved with four Chinese characters Long (dragon), Feng (phoenix), Shuang (double) and Xi (happiness)
The shallow plate has a folded edge and a loop leg, with four Chinese characters - Long (dragon), Feng (phoenix), Shuang (double) and Xi (happiness) carved inside.
Gold elliptic plate engraved with cloud design
The elliptic plate has a folded edge and a flat bottom, with cloud patterns carved on the inside bottom and at the edge.
Gold plate decorated with filigrees and turquoises
The artwork, decorated with filigree curling grass patterns all over, is composed of two parts - the plate and the base. The inside and outside of the plate are inlaid with turquoise and lapis lazuli flowers...
Gilt-copper plate inlaid with precious stones and pearls (a set)
The plate has a folded edge and a loop leg, with composite flowers and banana leaves ringing the edge, which is decorated with lotus flowers of four rubies and four eastern pearls fitted to gold filigree receptacles.
Agate bowl and saucer with gold stand and cover
The gold-edged bowl is wide at the top and has a loop leg at the bottom, with a regular-script "fu" (fortune) character carved in intaglio on the inside bottom and the date mark "Qianlong Nian Zhi" (made in Qianlong Period) on the outside bottom.