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A GOLD HAIRPIN WITH FLOWER DECORATION, TONGZAN
12th-14th century
Worked in beaten gold sheet folded into a hollowed, slightly tapering
shaft, the upper section with repoussé flowers and leaves between
two key-fret bands, crowned with a flower head top further decorated
with raised leafy blossoms.
8 3/4in (22.2cm) long

US$8,000 - 12,000
321 (detail)
十二至十四世紀 花紋金筒簪一支

Compare a gold nail-form hairpin with floral design and dated to the
Southern Song dynasty, illustrated in Chinese Gold Ornaments (Hong
Kong: Muwen Tang Fine Art Publication Ltd., 2003), p. 395, pl. 240.
Simon Kwan and Sun Ji compare the illustrated gold hairpin to a
similar example unearthed from the Zhu Family cemetery and dated to
year 1197 in Jiangxi province. P. 394.

In addition, Yang Zhishui described a related gold hairpin, excavated
from a Yuan dynasty tomb in Hunan province, illustrated in Zhongguo
Gudai Jinyin Shoushi (Beijing: Gugong, 2014), vol. 1, pp. 176-177, pl.
3.15.5. In contrast to the Song hairpin, the shaft of the Yuan dynasty
hairpin appears to taper more dramatically, and finished with a thinner
tip.

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