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A GROUP OF FOUR SILVER HAIRPINS
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The group is comprised of three similarly shaped double-pronged
hairpins encircled by graduated disks, and a hairpin with a twisted fower
scroll terminal.
5¬, 7º, 8¿ and 8Ω in. (14.3, 18.4, 20.7 and 21.6 cm.) long; total weight
125.2 g (4)
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 111.
LITERATURE
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pls. 149,
150, 151 and 157.
元 銀釵一組四件

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TWO SILVER HAIRPINS
MING-QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
One hairpin is engraved with foliate scroll and terminates in a pierced
lotus pod, the other hairpin terminates in the head of Shoulao.
7 and 5¬ in. (17.8 and 14.3 cm.) long; 6.7 and 9.2 g (2)
$1,000-1,500
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
nos. CK161 and CK162.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 110.

EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 161, 162.

LITERATURE
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. nos. 161 and 162.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection. The Museum of Art
589 and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999,
pls. 155 and 156.

明/清十七/十八世紀 銀簪一組兩件