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A GOLD-FILIGREE 'PRUNUS' HAIR ORNAMENT MING DYNASTY
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 HKD
bidding is closed
Description
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executed in fine filigree work with long thin wires branching off to a large prunus bloom, two small buds, two orchids and several types of leaves, the stamens of the prunus realistically rendered
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Carl Kempe.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11th April, 2008. Lot 2319.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11th April, 2008. Lot 2319.
Exhibited
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1954, cat. no. 57.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 57.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Museum of Far Eastern Antiques, Ulricehamn, 1999, cat. no. 62.
A Botanical Excursion in the Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1965, pl. 8b.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Museum of Far Eastern Antiques, Ulricehamn, 1999, cat. no. 62.
A Botanical Excursion in the Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1965, pl. 8b.
Catalogue Note
Compare a related floral spray worked in gold filigree and with similar treatment of the stamens, illustrated in Celestial Creations: Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007, pl. H41.