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A PAIR OF GOLD DRAGON-FORM BRACELETS, QIANZHUO A PAIR OF GOLD BRACELETS, TIAOTUO
Ming dynasty or earlier Song-Yuan dynasty
Each penannular-form bracelet with a solid, rounded shank flattening Of circular form, each made from a long strip of gold sheet, one side
towards its terminals, with worn hammered details to present a pair of hammered with two parallel grooves, the narrower ends wrapped with
facing dragons. spiraled wire, terminating in loops surrounding the body of the bracelet
2 5/8in (6.7cm) wide (2). to create a spring-like effect for expansion.
2 3/4in (7cm) diameter (2).
US$7,000 - 9,000
US$8,000 - 12,000
明或更早期 雙龍紋金鉗鐲一對
宋元 金跳脫一對
The rudimentary format of the bracelets appears to have taken
inspiration of the jue-form gold bracelets found as early as the Shang In Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi (Beijing: Gugong, 2014), Yang
and Zhou dynasties. Jue(玦）is distinctive design better known in early Zineng mentions of a pair of related silver bracelets from the Song
Chinese jade carving characteristically presented in the form of a ring dynasty excavated from a site in Jiangxi (p. 327). He suggests that
with a small break in the circumference. bracelets during this period could be divided into looser types versus
tighter types. Aspects of the present lot suggest that it is one of the
A group of gold jue-form jewelries excavated from Shang and Zhou ‘looser’ types as he describes it.
tombs near Beijing are illustrated and discussed in Chinese Gold
Ornaments (Hong Kong: Muwen Tang Fine Art Publication Ltd., In Chinese Gold Ornaments (Hong Kong: Muwen Tang Fine Art
2003), P. 41, no. 49, and pp. 136-137, pl. 137. Simon Kwan and Publication Ltd., 2003), Simon Kwan and Sun Ji make note of a gold
Sun Ji point out that the measurements of this group of distinctive bracelet (tiaotuo), found in a Song dynasty burial site in Luoyang,
gold jewelries vary notably. It is believed that they could have been which is nearly identical to the present pair, illustrated on p. 84, no.
bracelets, earrings, or nose ring hoops. This group of penannular-form 161.
gold jewelries all feature a rounded shank and flattened termini but in a
flared, ‘trumpet shape’. It is possible that the present pair of bracelets Compare another related example in Celestial Creations, Art of the
evolved from the early gold jue-form jewelries. Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection Part 1 (Art
Museum. The Institute for Chinese Studies, The Chinese University
Hong Kong, 2007), pp. 220-221, no. D23,

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