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Auction archive: Lot number 516

A PAIR OF SMALL GOLD 'TIGER-MASK' ORNAMENTS

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$27,500
Auction archive: Lot number 516

A PAIR OF SMALL GOLD 'TIGER-MASK' ORNAMENTS

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$27,500
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF SMALL GOLD 'TIGER-MASK' ORNAMENTS NORTHWEST CHINA, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC OR LATER Each small, rounded gold sheet ornament is worked in repoussé as a tiger head with bulging eyes and pointed ears, the tiger's stripes indicated by curved grooves. Each 1 in. ( 2.6 cm.) wide; weight 2.7 and 2.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK30. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 10.

Auction archive: Lot number 516
Auction:
Datum:
12 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF SMALL GOLD 'TIGER-MASK' ORNAMENTS NORTHWEST CHINA, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC OR LATER Each small, rounded gold sheet ornament is worked in repoussé as a tiger head with bulging eyes and pointed ears, the tiger's stripes indicated by curved grooves. Each 1 in. ( 2.6 cm.) wide; weight 2.7 and 2.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK30. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 10.

Auction archive: Lot number 516
Auction:
Datum:
12 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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