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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER GARMENT HOOK
HAN DYNASTY OR LATER
This elegant garment hook is cast with an openwork design of a pair Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
of confronting birds at one end and a dragon at the other connected by Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 82.
interlocking scrolls that form a double-knot in the center. New York, Asia House, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe
Collection, 1971, cat. no. 35, an exhibition touring the United States and
6¬ in.(16.8 cm.) long; weight 119 g
shown also at nine other museums.
$10,000-15,000
LITERATURE
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Chinese
PROVENANCE Jewelry, Toledo, 1941, no. 68.
C. T. Loo & Co., New York, before 1941. C. T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, no. 164
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
no. CK82. Stockholm, 1953, pl. 82.
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 23. and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 85.
EXHIBITED 漢或以後 銀局部鎏金鏤空龍鳥紋帶鉤
Toledo, Ohio, The Toledo Museum of Art, Ancient Chinese Bronzes and
Chinese Jewelry, 9 February-2 March 1941, no. 68.
New York, C. T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, 1 November 1941-30
April 1942, no. 164