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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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AN ENGRAVED SILVER GARMENT HOOK AN ENGRAVED SILVER GARMENT HOOK
LATE WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, LATE WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY,
4TH-3RD CENTURY BC 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The garment hook of cast silver is engraved on the shaft with a fne The garment hook of cast silver is engraved on the curved shaft with a
design of volutes, triangles and scrolls, and terminates in a design of volutes and triangles, and terminates in a small hook shaped as
dragon-head hook. a bird’s head.
5 in. (12.6 cm.) long; weight 128 g 3√ in. (9.8 cm.) long; weight 27.5 g
$6,000-8,000 $3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
no. CK78. no. CK79.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 24. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 25.

EXHIBITED EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 78. Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 79.
LITERATURE LITERATURE
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 78. Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 79.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 81. and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 82.
戰國晚期/西漢 銀龍首形帶鉤 戰國晚期/西漢 銀鳥首形帶鉤

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