A RARE CHINESE GOLD 'PRUNUS' HAIR ORNAMENT MING DYNASTY In fine filigree with thin wires...

A RARE CHINESE GOLD 'PRUNUS' HAIR ORNAMENT MING DYNASTY In fine filigree with thin wires branching from the main stem, with a single large prunus flower, two small buds, two orchids and other leaves, 10.1cm, 14g. Provenance: Dr Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11th April 2008, lot 2319. Exhibited: Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, 1954-55, no.57.