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A RARE GOLD AND BONE-INLAID COMB Tang Dynasty or earlier image 1
A RARE GOLD AND BONE-INLAID COMB Tang Dynasty or earlier image 2
PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION 王子藏品
Lot 79

A RARE GOLD AND BONE-INLAID COMB
Tang Dynasty or earlier

16 May 2024, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A RARE GOLD AND BONE-INLAID COMB

Tang Dynasty or earlier
Of wide U-shape with finely cut bone teeth, the gold upper section with cloisons in geometric patterns, some with stone inlay. 4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide.

Footnotes

唐或更早 金花纍絲寶鈿梳

Provenance: Jules Speelman, London, 2008
A Princely collection

來源: 倫敦古董商Jules Speelman,2008年
王子藏品

Compare with a related jade and gold comb, Eastern Han dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (acc.no.2004.322). See also a gold ornament plaque with related 'cloisons', Han dynasty to Six Dynasties period, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.20.50).

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