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MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
Details
A GOLD 'FLOWER' AND CARNELIAN HAIRPIN
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
The elegant pin terminates in a flower head crowned by a carnelian 'pearl' enveloped by a delicately worked double row of overlapping filigree petals.
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) long; weight 6.2 g
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
The elegant pin terminates in a flower head crowned by a carnelian 'pearl' enveloped by a delicately worked double row of overlapping filigree petals.
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) long; weight 6.2 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, CK62.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 113.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 113.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 62.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, cat. no. 53.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, cat. no. 53.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 62.