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SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
Details
A LARGE RETICULATED SILVER COMB
SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
The top of the comb is decorated in openwork with a repoussé design of two boys amidst elaborate leafy flower scroll, with traces of gilding.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide; weight 71.8 g
SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
The top of the comb is decorated in openwork with a repoussé design of two boys amidst elaborate leafy flower scroll, with traces of gilding.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide; weight 71.8 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK143.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 93.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 93.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 143.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 143.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 143.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 143.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, cat. no. 66, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, cat. no. 66, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.