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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 curved shaft with a design of volutes and triangles, and terminates in a small hook shaped as a bird's head.
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) long; weight 27.5 g
LATE WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The garment hook of cast silver is engraved on the curved shaft with a design of volutes and triangles, and terminates in a small hook shaped as a bird's head.
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) long; weight 27.5 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK79.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 25.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 25.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 79.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 82.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 82.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 79.