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NORTHERN CHINA, 3RD CENTURY BC
Details
A CIRCULAR GOLD ORNAMENT
NORTHERN CHINA, 3RD CENTURY BC
The small ornament is chased as a convex disk and decorated with four stylized animal heads in relief, within a band of striations at the outer rim.
1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) diam.; weight 11.6 g
NORTHERN CHINA, 3RD CENTURY BC
The small ornament is chased as a convex disk and decorated with four stylized animal heads in relief, within a band of striations at the outer rim.
1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) diam.; weight 11.6 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953. no. CK27.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 9.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 9.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 27.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 26.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 26.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 27.