A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID GOLD RAM-FORM FITTING SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY BC The finely chased fitting is shaped as a recumbent ram, its head turned to the side. There are multiple cloisons that highlight areas of the body, some with turquoise inlay. Two posts or rivets project from the back. 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) wide; weight 61.4 g Provenance George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939) Collection. Sotheby's London, 28 May 1940, lot 504. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK21. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 6.
A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID GOLD RAM-FORM FITTING SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY BC The finely chased fitting is shaped as a recumbent ram, its head turned to the side. There are multiple cloisons that highlight areas of the body, some with turquoise inlay. Two posts or rivets project from the back. 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) wide; weight 61.4 g Provenance George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939) Collection. Sotheby's London, 28 May 1940, lot 504. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK21. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 6.
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