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A PAIR OF GOLD HAIRPINS
TANG-SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-12TH CENTURY
EXHIBITED
Each double-pronged hairpin has a double saddle-shaped head Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
embellished on one side with a bird in fight and a fower spray on the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 46.
other side.
LITERATURE
Each 4¡ in. (11 cm.) long; weight 20.8 and 20.7 g (2) Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 46.
$10,000-15,000
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 45.
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, 唐/宋 金刻花鳥紋鞍形釵一對
no. CK46.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 89.