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 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.
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 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.
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