Fine Chinese Works of Art & Paintings - 24 May 2023
A LARGE CHINESE GOLD, SILVER AND TURQUOISE INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK, DAIGOU
A LARGE CHINESE GOLD, SILVER AND TURQUOISE INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK, DAIGOU
WARRING STATES PERIOD
The hook with a bird’s head terminal and an arched shaft decorated in gold and silver with an intricate geometric pattern of lozenges, circles and spirals, on a ground filled with turquoise inlay. The underside with a circular button, 482g, 25.5cm long, 3.5cm wide.
Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949.
Published: O Kümmel, Chinesische Kunsthaus, Zweihundert Hauptwerke der Ausstellung der Gesellschaft, f Ostas, Kunsthaus, Berlin, 1930, pl.XLIII. D Goldschmidt, L’Art chinois, Paris, 1931, p.60, pl.25. O Sirén, Kinas Konst under Tre Artusenden, Stockholm, 1942-43, I, pl.76b. H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947, no.61, pl.43. & Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.376-379.
Cf. M Knight, Bronze in Chinese Culture from the Shang to the Tang Dynasty, Orientations, August 1994, for a closely related hook of a similar size from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 52.58.
For other similar garment hooks, see Christie’s, New York, 25th September 2020, Property from the Collection of Dr Robert and Mrs Patricia Jacobsen, lot 1529, and Sotheby’s, New York, 20th March 2007, lot 541, for an example from the Dupont d’Isigny Collection.
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來源:Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949)收藏。
出版:O Kümmel, Chinesische Kunsthaus, Zweihundert Hauptwerke der Ausstellung der Gesellschaft, f Ostas, Kunsthaus, Berlin, 1930年, 圖版XLIII. D Goldschmidt, L’Art chinois, Paris, 1931年, 頁60, 圖版25。O Sirén, Kinas Konst under Tre Artusenden, Stockholm, 1942-43年, I, 圖版76b. H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947年, 編號61, 圖版43, 及Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁376-379。