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A GOLD 'PRUNUS' HAIR ORNAMENT QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY |
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 HKD
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Description
- 5.2 cm, 2 in. weight 6g, 18K
the soldered thin twisted gold wires branching off into a spray with four fine filigree prunus flowers with upright naturalistic stamens and filigree teardrop leaves--- Exhibited:Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1954–1955, cat. no. 70.Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain: The Kempe Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1971, cat. no. 32c (an exhibition touring the United States and shown at nine other museums).Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 70.A Botanical Excursion in the Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1965, pl. 14a.Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 68.
Provenance
Collection of Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11th April 2008, lot 2308.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11th April 2008, lot 2308.
Exhibited
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1954–1955, cat. no. 70.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 70.