A VERY RARE GOLD HEADDRESS 7TH-9TH CENTURY The semi-circular headdress is cast at each end in repouss é with a galloping horse with small antlers and flowing mane above two circular loops pendent from the lower edge and another in front of the mouth. Between the two horses is a band of floral diaper pattern centered by a large, repouss é rosette, and on the reverse are six small horizontal tubes below the upper edge. 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; weight 107.3 g; leather box Provenance Dr. Friedrich Perzynski Collection, Rissen/Holstein, Germany, before 1929. Paul Cassirer/Hugo Helbing Berlin, Chinesische Goldgegenst ände und Textilien aus dem Besitze von Dr. Friedrich Perzynski , Rissen-Holstein , 15 May 1929, lot 11. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK42. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver . 14 May 2008, lot 90.
A VERY RARE GOLD HEADDRESS 7TH-9TH CENTURY The semi-circular headdress is cast at each end in repouss é with a galloping horse with small antlers and flowing mane above two circular loops pendent from the lower edge and another in front of the mouth. Between the two horses is a band of floral diaper pattern centered by a large, repouss é rosette, and on the reverse are six small horizontal tubes below the upper edge. 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; weight 107.3 g; leather box Provenance Dr. Friedrich Perzynski Collection, Rissen/Holstein, Germany, before 1929. Paul Cassirer/Hugo Helbing Berlin, Chinesische Goldgegenst ände und Textilien aus dem Besitze von Dr. Friedrich Perzynski , Rissen-Holstein , 15 May 1929, lot 11. Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK42. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver . 14 May 2008, lot 90.
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