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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 SILVER TAOTIE-MASK HANDLES
EASTERN HAN-SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-4TH CENTURY AD
EXHIBITED
Each mask is cast as a powerful taotie with thick brows, curved horns, Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
and a pronounced nose above bared teeth from which issues a hook that Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 83.
suspends a loose ring.
LITERATURE
Each 1√ in. (4.8 cm.) wide; weight 48.5 g each (2) Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 83.
$8,000-12,000
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection. The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 86.
PROVENANCE
These fttings are unusual in that they are made from silver rather than
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
no. CK83. the more usual bronze or gilt bronze.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
東漢/六朝 銀鋪首一對
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 27.

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