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Each 7 ? in. (19 cm.) long; weight 35.8 and 34.3 g
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK45. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 91.
A related gold hairpin, also decorated with an area of filigree openwork in the head of the hairpin, is illustrated in Celestial Creations: Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection, vol. I, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007, no. C04. See, also, the example illustrated by Simon Kwan and Sun Ji, Chinese Gold Ornaments, Hong Kong, 2003, pp. 346-47, pl. 197. Both of these hairpins are dated to the Tang dynasty.
