A SILVER COMB WITH BIRDS

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800 € - 1.200 €

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Description:

China, Tang dynasty
9,5 x14,2 cm
Silver in repoussé and with gilding. On the moon shaped top a pair of flying birds with floral vines on finely punched background.
From a German private collection, assembled between the 1980s and 1999
Cf. Similar comb: "Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection," Tokyo, 1989, no. 337; another one: "Imperial Gold from Ancient China," C. Deydier, London, 1990, pp.30-21, no. 7. A similar comb was sold at Roger Keverne Ltd, Summer Exhibition, London, 2009, cat. No. 11. - Partly damaged, earth adhesions and remnants of glue on the reverse

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