TWO SILVER HAIRPINS 10TH CENTURY Each with an openwork head: one chased with two birds flanking a ribbon with trailing ends, the details engraved and highlighted in gilding; the second similarly decorated in repoussé with a pair of geese in flight. 6 3/8 and 5 ½ in. (16.3 and 14 cm.) long; weight 7.3 and 4.6 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK149 and CK150. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 100.
TWO SILVER HAIRPINS 10TH CENTURY Each with an openwork head: one chased with two birds flanking a ribbon with trailing ends, the details engraved and highlighted in gilding; the second similarly decorated in repoussé with a pair of geese in flight. 6 3/8 and 5 ½ in. (16.3 and 14 cm.) long; weight 7.3 and 4.6 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK149 and CK150. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 100.
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