A PARCEL-GILT SILVER COMB
Lot 564

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER COMB

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Closed12 September 2019

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USD 20,000

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER COMB
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The gilded upper section of the comb is decorated in repoussé with a pair of parrots in flight, each with a leafy spray in its beak, all reserved on a ring-punched ground within an outer petal border.
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) wide; weight 20.4 g

Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1965, no. CK 180B.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 50.