A RARE AND UNUSUAL SMALL SILVER GARMENT HOOK HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220) The heavily cast hook is shaped as a horned and winged mythical beast with a fierce expression and sharp-clawed feet shown crouching on the button. The body and back are finely detailed with scales terminating in a long, curved tail ending in a bird's head hook. 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) long; weight 20.3 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK85. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 33.
A RARE AND UNUSUAL SMALL SILVER GARMENT HOOK HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220) The heavily cast hook is shaped as a horned and winged mythical beast with a fierce expression and sharp-clawed feet shown crouching on the button. The body and back are finely detailed with scales terminating in a long, curved tail ending in a bird's head hook. 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) long; weight 20.3 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK85. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 33.
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