AN UNUSUAL SILVER GARMENT HOOK The garment hook is heavily cast with a fierce demon with muscular arms and sharp-clawed feet holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, flanked by two smaller winged beasts, all against the scrolling wings and tail feathers of a phoenix, its long, slender neck forming the shaft that ends in the phoenix-head hook. 6 in. (15.3 cm.) long; weight 100.5 g; leather box Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 124.
AN UNUSUAL SILVER GARMENT HOOK The garment hook is heavily cast with a fierce demon with muscular arms and sharp-clawed feet holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, flanked by two smaller winged beasts, all against the scrolling wings and tail feathers of a phoenix, its long, slender neck forming the shaft that ends in the phoenix-head hook. 6 in. (15.3 cm.) long; weight 100.5 g; leather box Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 124.
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