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SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH CENTURY BC
Details
A GOLD FOIL APPLIQUÉ
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH CENTURY BC
The appliqué is cut from very thin gold foil in the shape of a creature with a bird head at one end facing a dragon head (now mostly missing) at the other end, the conjoined body chased with intertwined scrolling snakes. There are small holes for attachment.
4 ¾ in. (2 cm.) long, framed
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH CENTURY BC
The appliqué is cut from very thin gold foil in the shape of a creature with a bird head at one end facing a dragon head (now mostly missing) at the other end, the conjoined body chased with intertwined scrolling snakes. There are small holes for attachment.
4 ¾ in. (2 cm.) long, framed
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK9.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 14.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 14.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 9.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 8
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 8
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 9.