A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPINS TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The openwork head of each hammered silver, double-pronged hairpin has a fine openwork design of a lion facing a small bird perched on top of a large feathered plume surrounded by scrolling tendrils. Each 13 1/8 in. (33.2 cm.) long, leather box; total weight 42.8 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1954. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 79.
A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPINS TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The openwork head of each hammered silver, double-pronged hairpin has a fine openwork design of a lion facing a small bird perched on top of a large feathered plume surrounded by scrolling tendrils. Each 13 1/8 in. (33.2 cm.) long, leather box; total weight 42.8 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1954. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 79.
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