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A PAIR OF SILVER EARRINGS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
LITERATURE
Each fat, crescent-shaped earring with scalloped outer edge is engraved Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
on both sides with demi-forets and leaves on a fne ring-punched ground Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 166.
and has an endless knot at the hook end. Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 160.
Each 2√ in. (7.3 cm.) wide; weight 7.3 g each (2)
$3,000-5,000 清 銀盤腸花葉紋耳環一對

PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
no. CK166.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 122.
EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 166.

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