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LATE WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Details
AN ENGRAVED SILVER GARMENT HOOK
LATE WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The garment hook of cast silver is engraved on the shaft with a fine design of volutes, triangles and scrolls, and terminates in a dragon-head hook.
5 in. (12.6 cm.) long; weight 128 g
LATE WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The garment hook of cast silver is engraved on the shaft with a fine design of volutes, triangles and scrolls, and terminates in a dragon-head hook.
5 in. (12.6 cm.) long; weight 128 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK78.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 24.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 24.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 78.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 81.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 81.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 78.