A PAIR OF SILVER TAOTIE -MASK HANDLES EASTERN HAN-SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-4TH CENTURY AD Each mask is cast as a powerful taotie with thick brows, curved horns, and a pronounced nose above bared teeth from which issues a hook that suspends a loose ring. Each 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) wide; weight 48.5 g each Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK83. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 27.
A PAIR OF SILVER TAOTIE -MASK HANDLES EASTERN HAN-SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-4TH CENTURY AD Each mask is cast as a powerful taotie with thick brows, curved horns, and a pronounced nose above bared teeth from which issues a hook that suspends a loose ring. Each 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) wide; weight 48.5 g each Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK83. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 27.
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