A PARCEL-GILT SILVER GARMENT HOOK HAN DYNASTY OR LATER This elegant garment hook is cast with an openwork design of a pair of confronting birds at one end and a dragon at the other connected by interlocking scrolls that form a double-knot in the center. 6 5/8 in.(16.8 cm.) long; weight 119 g Provenance C. T. Loo & Co., New York, before 1941. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK82. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 23.
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER GARMENT HOOK HAN DYNASTY OR LATER This elegant garment hook is cast with an openwork design of a pair of confronting birds at one end and a dragon at the other connected by interlocking scrolls that form a double-knot in the center. 6 5/8 in.(16.8 cm.) long; weight 119 g Provenance C. T. Loo & Co., New York, before 1941. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK82. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 23.
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