A GOLD FOIL-COVERED BRONZE CIRCULAR PLAQUE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC The bronze plaque is covered with thin gold foil chased with bands of interlaced scroll design, possibly representing snakes, centered by a whorl motif, all detailed with striations and within a striated border. 3 5/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam.; weight 72.8 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK7. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 16.
A GOLD FOIL-COVERED BRONZE CIRCULAR PLAQUE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC The bronze plaque is covered with thin gold foil chased with bands of interlaced scroll design, possibly representing snakes, centered by a whorl motif, all detailed with striations and within a striated border. 3 5/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam.; weight 72.8 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK7. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 16.
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