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EASTERN HAN-SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-4TH CENTURY AD
Details
A SET OF FOUR ORNAMENTAL GOLD FRAGMENTS
EASTERN HAN-SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-4TH CENTURY AD
Each fragment is chased with a dragon with large head and coiled tail shown in profile and decorated with granulation, with some raised and openwork areas.
Each 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) wide; total weight 20 g; wood base with magnifier
EASTERN HAN-SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-4TH CENTURY AD
Each fragment is chased with a dragon with large head and coiled tail shown in profile and decorated with granulation, with some raised and openwork areas.
Each 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) wide; total weight 20 g; wood base with magnifier
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK15.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 35.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 35.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 15.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 14.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 14.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 15.