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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A FINE GOLD BRACELET
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The C-shaped bracelet is finely engraved with two cartouches, one enclosing a bird and a running mythical beast, the other with a scrolling lotus spray, all against a ring-punched ground. Each tapering end is wrapped with gold wire and ends in a spiraled ring.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) wide; weight 36.2 g
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The C-shaped bracelet is finely engraved with two cartouches, one enclosing a bird and a running mythical beast, the other with a scrolling lotus spray, all against a ring-punched ground. Each tapering end is wrapped with gold wire and ends in a spiraled ring.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) wide; weight 36.2 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK44.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 46.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 46.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 44.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, pl. 7f, fig. 70n.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 42.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, pl. 7f, fig. 70n.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 42.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 44.
New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, 1971, cat. no. 19, 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. 19, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.