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Auction archive: Lot number 538

AN ENGRAVED SILVER GARMENT HOOK

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$27,500
Auction archive: Lot number 538

AN ENGRAVED SILVER GARMENT HOOK

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$27,500
Beschreibung:

AN ENGRAVED SILVER GARMENT HOOK LATE WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC The garment hook of cast silver is engraved on the shaft with a fine design of volutes, triangles and scrolls, and terminates in a dragon-head hook. 5 in. (12.6 cm.) long; weight 128 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK78. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 24.

Auction archive: Lot number 538
Auction:
Datum:
12 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

AN ENGRAVED SILVER GARMENT HOOK LATE WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC The garment hook of cast silver is engraved on the shaft with a fine design of volutes, triangles and scrolls, and terminates in a dragon-head hook. 5 in. (12.6 cm.) long; weight 128 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK78. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 24.

Auction archive: Lot number 538
Auction:
Datum:
12 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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