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WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
Details
A CIRCULAR GOLD ORNAMENT
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The circular ornament is shaped as a flat ring and has a textured surface on one side.
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) diam.; weight 4 g
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The circular ornament is shaped as a flat ring and has a textured surface on one side.
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) diam.; weight 4 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK10.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 8.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 8.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 10.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 9.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 9.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 10.