A GOLD 'FLOWER' AND PEARL HAIRPIN MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911) The needle-shaped hairpin terminates in a semi-opened flower head centered by a pearl enclosed within the rows of petals formed from filigree and thin gold sheets. 4 ½ in. (11.3 cm.) long; weight 4.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK61. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 112.
A GOLD 'FLOWER' AND PEARL HAIRPIN MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911) The needle-shaped hairpin terminates in a semi-opened flower head centered by a pearl enclosed within the rows of petals formed from filigree and thin gold sheets. 4 ½ in. (11.3 cm.) long; weight 4.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK61. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 112.
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