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Details
A PAIR OF ENGRAVED SILVER SCISSORS
The scissors have a 'figure-eight' handle and flat blades, one blade engraved on both sides with a panel of a small bird and foliate scroll, the other slightly convex side with detached, demi-florets, all on a ring-punched ground.
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) long; weight 32.6 g
The scissors have a 'figure-eight' handle and flat blades, one blade engraved on both sides with a panel of a small bird and foliate scroll, the other slightly convex side with detached, demi-florets, all on a ring-punched ground.
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) long; weight 32.6 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. 106.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 67.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 67.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 106.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, pl. 13a, figs. 7a, 77t and 79d.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 111.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, pl. 13a, figs. 7a, 77t and 79d.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 111.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 106.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, cat. no. 51, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, cat. no. 51, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.