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           A RARE GOLD ‘FLOWER’ HAIRPIN                      In the Song period, the use of gold and silver objects, which was
           Song Dynasty                                      previously reserved for the highest-ranking members of society,
           Double-shafted, the upper part rising from two parallel slender tines   became less restricted despite several decrees issued by the Song
           tapering to points, cast with a floral band containing a variety of   Court. Several categories of personal ornaments including hairpins,
           flower heads borne on leafy branches, terminating in a large double-  combs, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and hair nets were thus newly
           petalled chrysanthemum flower head with finely cross-hatched oval   created and decorated with designs drawn from the floral artistic
           centre, stand.                                    repertoire of the period, which included chrysanthemums,
           15.5cm (6 1/8in) long; 25g. weight. (2).          lotus, peonies, hibiscus and cherry blossoms.

           £8,000 - 10,000                                   Compare with a similar gold hairpin, Song dynasty, discovered in a
           CNY71,000 - 89,000                                Song dynasty hoard of gold and silver near Chengdu, Sichuan, in 1993,
                                                             illustrated in The Song Dynasty Gold and Silver Hoard from Pengzhou
           宋 金筒花釵                                            in Sichuan, Beijing, 2003, pl.7-1. Another gold hairpin, Song dynasty,
                                                             is illustrated by J.M.White and E.Bunker, Adornment for the Eternity:
           Provenance: Stephen K.C. Lo, Hong Kong, by repute   Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament, Denver, 1994, no.96, p.184.
           Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection
                                                             Two similar gold hairpins, Southern Song/Yuan dynasty, were sold at
           來源：據傳為香港古董商魯國銓先生舊藏                                Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2008, lot 114.
           歐宗易先生珍藏
                                                             金質，釵體呈箸形，中空，頭部飾菊葉紋，餘身光素。
                                                             有宋以來，原為顯貴門閥方能使用的金銀器，逐漸普及民間，朝廷雖
                                                             數度發佈限制令，然而收效甚微。 釵、梳子、耳環、項鏈、手鐲和
                                                             網等幾種門類的飾物常裝飾以各式當時流行的花樣，包括菊、蓮、牡
                                                             丹、木槿和梅。

                                                             1993年四川成都發現的一個宋代金銀器窖藏出土一件相似的金釵可資
                                                             參考，見《四川彭州宋代金銀器窖藏》，北京，2003年，圖版7-1；
                                                             另可比較一件金釵，見於J.M.White 及E.Bunker著，《Adornment for
                                                             the Eternity: Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament（永恆的裝飾：中
                                                             國裝飾的身份與等級）》，丹佛，1994年，編號96，頁184。此外，
                                                             兩例稍晚時期，定為宋或元的金釵亦可參考，2008年5月14日售於倫
                                                             敦蘇富比，拍品114號。





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