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A GOLD FOIL-COVERED BRONZE CIRCULAR PLAQUE
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH
CENTURY BC
The bronze plaque is covered with thin gold foil chased with bands of
interlaced scroll design, possibly representing snakes, centered by a
whorl motif, all detailed with striations and within a striated border.
3¬ in. (8.5 cm.) diam.; weight 72.8 g
$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
no. CK7.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 16.
EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
519
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 7.
LITERATURE
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 7.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 7.
520
春秋 銅貼金渦紋圓飾
A PAIR OF GOLD, GLASS AND BRONZE PLAQUES
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD-HAN DYNASTY,
3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
Each circular plaque is comprised of a bronze ring cast with three futed
bands covered with gold foil and centered by a beaded, convex, glass
disc.
Each 2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) diam. (2)

$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
no. CK6.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 15.
EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 6.
LITERATURE
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 6.
A pair of very similar gold and glass plaques is illustrated in Exhibition
of Chinese Art, C. T. Loo & Co., New York, 1941-1942, no. 124, where it is
said that they were found at Jincun.
520 戰國末/漢 銅貼金嵌玻璃圓飾一對