A CIRCULAR GOLD ORNAMENT NORTHERN CHINA, 3RD CENTURY BC The small ornament is chased as a convex disk and decorated with four stylized animal heads in relief, within a band of striations at the outer rim. 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) diam.; weight 11.6 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953. no. CK27. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 9.
A CIRCULAR GOLD ORNAMENT NORTHERN CHINA, 3RD CENTURY BC The small ornament is chased as a convex disk and decorated with four stylized animal heads in relief, within a band of striations at the outer rim. 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) diam.; weight 11.6 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953. no. CK27. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 9.
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