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WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC
Details
A CIRCULAR SILVER HARNESS FITTING
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC
The small, circular fitting is engraved with a medallion enclosing a symmetrical design of interlaced scrolls, and a strap-form loop is on the concave reverse.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) diam.; weight 58.5 g
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC
The small, circular fitting is engraved with a medallion enclosing a symmetrical design of interlaced scrolls, and a strap-form loop is on the concave reverse.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) diam.; weight 58.5 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK77.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 17.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 17.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 77.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 80.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 80.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 77.