Artistic Evaluation of Golden Bowl with Petals of Yuanyang Lotus in Tang Dynasty

The smooth lotus petals, steady dual structure and gorgeous ornamentation of these two golden bowls are typical artistic styles of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, it borrowed and transformed the modeling of western gold and silver vessels, and also reflected the exchange and integration of Chinese and western cultures in the Tang Dynasty and the innovative spirit of the Tang people. In decoration, this bowl combines the vigorous spirit of the times with the prosperous and harmonious national aesthetic taste, and the relationship between the whole and the part, realism and implication is also properly handled, which fully embodies the maturity of the decorative art of gold and silver vessels in the Tang Dynasty and is a rare work of art; In a narrow space, it is an outstanding performance of the superb craftsmanship of gold and silver vessels in the Tang Dynasty to carve multi-level and high-density ornamentation in such a complicated, orderly, clear and accurate way.