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7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) long; weight 74.5 g
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK147. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 32.
The design of this silver garment hook is based on gilt-bronze prototypes such as the very similar example from the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities illustrated by Bernhard Karlgren, 'Chinese Agraffes in Two Swedish Collections', B.M.F.E.A, No. 38, Stockholm, 1966, pl. 62, no. O 11 and pp. 135-36.