A RARE PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPINS TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The gilded head of each double-pronged silver hairpin has a delicate, chased openwork design depicting a pair of mandarin ducks in flight amidst scrolling tendrils that also enclose a lotus leaf and flowers, all issuing from the jaws of a dragon head. Each 11 in. (28 cm.) long; weight 17 and 17.6 g; leather box Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK126. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 52.
A RARE PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPINS TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The gilded head of each double-pronged silver hairpin has a delicate, chased openwork design depicting a pair of mandarin ducks in flight amidst scrolling tendrils that also enclose a lotus leaf and flowers, all issuing from the jaws of a dragon head. Each 11 in. (28 cm.) long; weight 17 and 17.6 g; leather box Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK126. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 52.
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