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LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD-EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Details
A SILVER 'ANIMAL-HEAD' GARMENT HOOK
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD-EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The small silver garment hook is cast in the form of a horned animal head, the shaft issuing from the animal's nose and terminating in a dragon head.
1 ¼ in. (3.1 cm) long; weight 11 g
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD-EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The small silver garment hook is cast in the form of a horned animal head, the shaft issuing from the animal's nose and terminating in a dragon head.
1 ¼ in. (3.1 cm) long; weight 11 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK 81.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 29.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 29.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 81.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 84.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 84.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 81.