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MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
Details
A SILVER FIGURAL PLAQUE
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
The rectangular plaque with lobed edge is decorated in repoussé and silver wire with three riders on horseback below a temple and further figures holding the stems of lotus leaves amidst clouds.
2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) high, softwood mount
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
The rectangular plaque with lobed edge is decorated in repoussé and silver wire with three riders on horseback below a temple and further figures holding the stems of lotus leaves amidst clouds.
2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) high, softwood mount
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK165.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 117.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 117.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 165.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 159.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 159.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 165.