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MASTERPIECES OF EARLY CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER | 金紫銀青 - 中國早期金銀器粹珍

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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPINS
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The openwork head of each hammered silver, double-
pronged hairpin has a fne openwork design of a lion facing
a small bird perched on top of a large feathered plume
surrounded by scrolling tendrils.
Each 13¿ in. (33.2 cm.) long, leather box; weight 42.8 g (2)
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden,
before 1954.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious
Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 79.
EXHIBITED
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Mostra d’Arte Cinese, 1954,
cat. no. 282.

LITERATURE
Mostra d’Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 87, pl. 282.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The
Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn,
Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 133.
唐 銀局部鎏金鏤空獅紋釵一對

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