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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPINS
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The openwork head of each hammered silver, double-pronged hairpin has a fine openwork design of a lion facing a small bird perched on top of a large feathered plume surrounded by scrolling tendrils.
Each 13 1/8 in. (33.2 cm.) long, leather box; total weight 42.8 g
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The openwork head of each hammered silver, double-pronged hairpin has a fine openwork design of a lion facing a small bird perched on top of a large feathered plume surrounded by scrolling tendrils.
Each 13 1/8 in. (33.2 cm.) long, leather box; total weight 42.8 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1954.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 79.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 79.
Literature
Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 87, pl. 282.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 133.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 133.
Exhibited
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, 1954, cat. no. 282.