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A TINNED-BRONZE BELT PLAQUE AN UNUSUAL SILVER OCTAGONAL FERRULE
WESTERN CHINA, 5TH CENTURY BC WARRING STATES PERIOD-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
(475 BC-AD 8)
The broad, S-shaped plaque with ribbed body and curved ends is fnely
engraved with striated bands. The heavily cast, hollow ftting has faceted sides, and a slightly tapering,
bulbous mid-section, and is pierced with two holes for attachment. The
4Ω in. (11.5 cm.) wide
interior is circular.
$500-700
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; weight 103.5 g
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. PROVENANCE
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 95. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
no. CK84.
LITERATURE
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 26.
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 108.
EXHIBITED
公元前五世紀 錫銅弦紋帶飾 Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 84.
LITERATURE
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 84.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 87.
For a related bronze ferrule of Warring States date, 5th-4th century BC,
see Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Freer
Gallery of Art, 1982, p. 51, no. 14.

戰國/西漢 銀八角形接環

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