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THREE GOLD HAIRPINS
Two-tined hairpin chai: Tang-Song dynasty
One-tined hairpins zan: Qing dynasty
Including a two-tined hairpin split to the top into an arched, double
saddle-form head rendered from a thin gold sheet, and two similar
one-tined hairpins, each of slender tapering form, the top of the shaft
slightly angled to a tripartite floral design.
3 3/4, 3 5/8, and 3 5/8in (9.5, 9.2, and 9.2cm) long (3).
US$3,000 - 5,000

金並頭釵一件及金簪兩件
金並頭釵 唐宋
金簪 清

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THREE GOLD HAIRPINS, CHAI
Tang-Song dynasty
All two-tined, including a Tang dynasty hairpin rendered in U-form, cast
with a simple bridge-shaped head, and two hairpins of Tang-Song
dynasty, each with long tapering prongs, connected to the top with a
small saddle-form head.
3 1/2, 6 1/16 and 7 1/16in (8.9, 15.5 and 18.1cm) (3).
US$4,000 - 6,000

唐宋 金折股釵三件

Compare a similar gold hairpin from the Tang dynasty with a bridge-
like head, illustrated in The Golden China, Gold Artifacts of Ancient
China, (Nanjing: Nanjing Museum, 2013), p. 318. It is stated in The Art
of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection that simple
two–pronged hairpins were found in Sui tombs and an early Tang tomb 331
in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province ((Hong Kong: Art Museum, The Institute
of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University Hong Kong, 2007), Part
II, pp. 140-141. See also a gold hairpin with a double saddle-shaped
head, dated to the Tang dynasty, illustrated in Chinese Gold and Silver
in the Carl Kempe Collection by Bo Gyllensvärd , (Stockholm, 1953), p.
104, pl. 46.

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