AN UNUSUAL AND RARE SILVER ORNAMENT NORTHWEST CHINA , 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC The ornament is finely cast as a stylized feline head with pointed ears and almond-shaped eyes above the stylized, coiled and scallop-edged body. A square, openwork, cage-like loop projects from the back of the head. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long; weight 23.2 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK86. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 30.
AN UNUSUAL AND RARE SILVER ORNAMENT NORTHWEST CHINA , 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC The ornament is finely cast as a stylized feline head with pointed ears and almond-shaped eyes above the stylized, coiled and scallop-edged body. A square, openwork, cage-like loop projects from the back of the head. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long; weight 23.2 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK86. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 30.
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