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SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
Details
A GOLD FOIL-COVERED BRONZE CIRCULAR PLAQUE
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
The bronze plaque is covered with thin gold foil chased with bands of interlaced scroll design, possibly representing snakes, centered by a whorl motif, all detailed with striations and within a striated border.
3 5/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam.; weight 72.8 g
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
The bronze plaque is covered with thin gold foil chased with bands of interlaced scroll design, possibly representing snakes, centered by a whorl motif, all detailed with striations and within a striated border.
3 5/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam.; weight 72.8 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK7.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 16.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 16.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 7.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 7.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 7.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 7.