China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) - Lot 23

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Pair of silver-plated bronze earrings formed by a thin band, the top in the shape of a flower-decorated ruyi, curved in a circle. Diameter 2.7 cm; width 2 cm Provenance : Collection acquired (by the current owner's husband) from Marianne Densmore in the early 1960s in Paris, and at the sale of her collection after her death, on November 6, 7 and 8, 1968 at Drouot; some items therefore probably came from the collection of Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Marianne Densmore's brother, whose gallery she took over in 1934 (on his death). To be compared with the pair of earrings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, M. 126-1938, from the George Eumorfopoulos collection. [2]