Lot Essay
This silver garment hook is similar to a gilt-bronze example in the British Museum illustrated by William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1962, pl. 86a, where it is dated 4th-3rd century BC.
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LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Details
A SILVER GARMENT HOOK
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The finely shaped hook is cast with a stylized, horned animal head from which issues the slender shaft that terminates in a stylized bird's head.
2 3/8 in. (6.2 cm.) long; weight 22.4 g
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The finely shaped hook is cast with a stylized, horned animal head from which issues the slender shaft that terminates in a stylized bird's head.
2 3/8 in. (6.2 cm.) long; weight 22.4 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no.CK80.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 28.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 28.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 80.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 83.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 83.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 80.