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HAN DYNASTY OR LATER
Details
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER GARMENT HOOK
HAN DYNASTY OR LATER
This elegant garment hook is cast with an openwork design of a pair of confronting birds at one end and a dragon at the other connected by interlocking scrolls that form a double-knot in the center.
6 5/8 in.(16.8 cm.) long; weight 119 g
HAN DYNASTY OR LATER
This elegant garment hook is cast with an openwork design of a pair of confronting birds at one end and a dragon at the other connected by interlocking scrolls that form a double-knot in the center.
6 5/8 in.(16.8 cm.) long; weight 119 g
Provenance
C. T. Loo & Co., New York, before 1941.
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK82.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 23.
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK82.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 23.
Literature
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Chinese Jewelry, Toledo, 1941, no. 68.
C. T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, no. 164
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 82.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 85.
C. T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, no. 164
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 82.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 85.
Exhibited
Toledo, Ohio, The Toledo Museum of Art, Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Chinese Jewelry, 9 February-2 March 1941, no. 68.
New York, C. T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, 1 November 1941-30 April 1942, no. 164
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 82.
New York, Asia House, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, cat. no. 35, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.
New York, C. T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, 1 November 1941-30 April 1942, no. 164
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 82.
New York, Asia House, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, cat. no. 35, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.