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A CIRCULAR SILVER HARNESS FITTING
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC
EXHIBITED
The small, circular ftting is engraved with a medallion enclosing a Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
symmetrical design of interlaced scrolls, and a strap-form loop is on the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 77.
concave reverse.
LITERATURE
2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) diam.; weight 58.5 g Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 77.
$4,000-6,000
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 80.
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, 戰國 銀刻卷雲紋馬飾
no. CK77.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 17.

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