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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A SILVER BRACELET
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The flat silver sheet is worked into a C-shape with tapering ends wrapped with silver wire and ending in a spiral ring at each end.
2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) wide; weight 16.8 g
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The flat silver sheet is worked into a C-shape with tapering ends wrapped with silver wire and ending in a spiral ring at each end.
2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) wide; weight 16.8 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 94.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 94.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 127.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fig. 28b.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 128.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fig. 28b.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 128.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 127.