A RARE PAIR OF SMALL GOLD BOAR-FORM ORNAMENTS NORTHEAST CHINA, 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC Each ornament is finely cast as a kneeling boar with powerful body and legs, bristly mane, curled tail and pricked ears, the facial features, including the tusks, are finely detailed, and there are two flat, vertical attachment loops on the concave reverse. Each 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide; weight 9.8 and 9.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK24. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 1.
A RARE PAIR OF SMALL GOLD BOAR-FORM ORNAMENTS NORTHEAST CHINA, 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC Each ornament is finely cast as a kneeling boar with powerful body and legs, bristly mane, curled tail and pricked ears, the facial features, including the tusks, are finely detailed, and there are two flat, vertical attachment loops on the concave reverse. Each 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide; weight 9.8 and 9.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK24. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 1.
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