A SET OF FOUR ORNAMENTAL GOLD FRAGMENTS EASTERN HAN-SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-4TH CENTURY AD Each fragment is chased with a dragon with large head and coiled tail shown in profile and decorated with granulation, with some raised and openwork areas. Each 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) wide; total weight 20 g; wood base with magnifier Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK15. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 35.
A SET OF FOUR ORNAMENTAL GOLD FRAGMENTS EASTERN HAN-SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-4TH CENTURY AD Each fragment is chased with a dragon with large head and coiled tail shown in profile and decorated with granulation, with some raised and openwork areas. Each 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) wide; total weight 20 g; wood base with magnifier Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK15. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 35.
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