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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER COMB
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The gilded upper section of the comb is decorated in repoussé with a pair of parrots in flight, each with a leafy spray in its beak, all reserved on a ring-punched ground within an outer petal border.
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) wide; weight 20.4 g
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The gilded upper section of the comb is decorated in repoussé with a pair of parrots in flight, each with a leafy spray in its beak, all reserved on a ring-punched ground within an outer petal border.
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) wide; weight 20.4 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1965, no. CK 180B.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 50.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 50.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'A Botanical Excursion in the Kempe Collection', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 37, Stockholm, 1965, pl. 1a.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 135.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 135.