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MASTERPIECES OF EARLY CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER | 金紫銀青 - 中國早期金銀器粹珍

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER COMB
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
LITERATURE
The gilded upper section of the comb is decorated in repoussé with a pair Bo Gyllensvärd, ‘A Botanical Excursion in the Kempe Collection’, Bulletin
of parrots in fight, each with a leafy spray in its beak, all reserved on a of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 37, Stockholm, 1965, pl. 1a.
ring-punched ground within an outer petal border. Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 135.
3¬ in. (9.3 cm.) wide; weight 20.4 g
$10,000-15,000 唐 銀局部鎏金錘鍱花鳥紋篦

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.

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