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          A GOLD ‘FLOWER’ AND CARNELIAN HAIRPIN               A GOLD ‘FLOWER’ AND PEARL HAIRPIN
          MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)                       MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
          The elegant pin terminates in a fower head crowned by a carnelian   The needle-shaped hairpin terminates in a semi-opened fower head
          ‘pearl’ enveloped by a delicately worked double row of overlapping   centered by a pearl enclosed within the rows of petals formed from
          fligree petals.                                     fligree and thin gold sheets.
          4√ in. (12.5 cm.) long; weight 6.2 g                4Ω in. (11.3 cm.) long; weight 4.5 g
          $4,000-6,000                                        $4,000-6,000


          PROVENANCE                                          PROVENANCE
          Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,    Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
          no. CK62.                                           no. CK61.
          Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.    Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
          Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 113.        Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 112.
          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. 62.        Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 61.
          LITERATURE                                          LITERATURE
          Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,   Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
          Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 62.                       Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 61.
          Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art   Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
          and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, cat. no. 53.  and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 54.

          明/清   金嵌瑪瑙花形簪                                       Two similar gold hairpins with fligree petals supporting a turquoise bead
                                                              rather than a pearl are illustrated by Simon Kwan and Sun Ji, Chinese
                                                              Gold Ornaments, Hong Kong, 2003, pp. 482-83, pl. 323, where they are
                                                              dated Ming dynasty.
                                                              明/清   金嵌珍珠花形簪






























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