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A PAIR OF ENGRAVED SILVER SCISSORS
The scissors have a 'figure-eight' handle and flat blades, one engraved on both sides with a panel of a small bird and foliate scroll, the other with detached demi-florets, all against a ring-punched ground.
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) long; weight 30 g
The scissors have a 'figure-eight' handle and flat blades, one engraved on both sides with a panel of a small bird and foliate scroll, the other with detached demi-florets, all against a ring-punched ground.
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) long; weight 30 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK107.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 68.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 68.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 107.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, figs. 7b, 77s, 79f and pl. 13 a.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 112.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, figs. 7b, 77s, 79f and pl. 13 a.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 112.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 107.