Lot 655. Property from an important European private collection. A parcel-gilt silver filigree hairpin, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 27.2 cm; Weight 23 g. Price realised EUR 3,024 (Estimate EUR $1,000 – EUR 1,500). © Christie's 2024

Provenance: Collection of Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York.
With Christian Deydier, Paris, 3 January 1983.

Literature: “The Golden Age of Chinese Art”, Charles E. Tuttle Compagny, Rutland, Vermont, 1967, pl. 41.
Han Wei, Christian Deydier, L'Or de la Chine ancienne, Les Editions d’Art et d’Histoire, Arhis, Paris, 2001, no. 331, p. 134.

Exhibited; The University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, 1-19 March 1970, pl. 36.

Christie's. Arts of Asia online, Paris, 6-18 june 2024