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A PAIR OF MINIATURE GOLD DUCK-SHAPED ORNAMENTS A FINE PAIR OF GOLD HAIRPINS
SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644) TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Each ornament is in the shape of a small duck sitting on a separately- Each hairpin has two needle-shaped prongs connected by an elliptical
made rectangular lotus leaf with curled edges; together with a miniature head delicately decorated with very fne twisted gold wire that forms a
fligree bird-form ornament, Ming-Qing dynasty (1368-1911). fower head.
Duck-shaped ornaments √ in. x ¬ in. (2.3 x 1.6 cm.), bird ornament Each 3Ω in. (8.9 cm.) long; weight 14.9 and 14.7 g (2)
1¿ in. (2.8 cm.) long; duck-shaped ornaments total weight 3.2 g (3)
$8,000-12,000
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK51.
nos. 48 and 64. Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 88.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 86.
EXHIBITED
EXHIBITED Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 51.
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. nos. 48 and 64.
LITERATURE
LITERATURE Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 51.
Stockholm, 1953, cat. nos. 48 and 64. Bo Gyllensvärd, ‘T’ang Gold and Silver’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fg. 13c.
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
pls. 46 and 56. and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 48.

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