A GROUP OF THREE SILVER PIECES Tang-Song dynasty (3)PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA PRIVATE COLLECTORA GROUP OF THREE SILVER PIECESTang-Song dynasty Comprising a silver comb with a demi-lune handle worked in repoussé with a pair of birds in flight amidst floral sprays all against a ring-punched ground, the silver teeth of the comb still intact; a second demi-lune comb handle worked on one side in repoussé with a seated figure flanked by a pair of mythical creatures with the lower bodies of birds and the upper bodies of humans each playing a musical instrument, all amidst floral sprigs and within a border of birds and further flowers, the opposite side with a pair of cranes soaring amidst plants; and a flat silver sheet in the form of a lady dressed in long flowing robes with her hair in an elaborate coiffure, the details chased into the surface. 5in (12.7cm); 3 1/4in (cm) wide; 5 3/4in (14.6cm) long (3).Provenance:Collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967)Bonhams, London, 13 June 2002, lot 258Published: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 142 (the comb handle)Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 145 (the silver figure) -