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A GOLD ‘DRAGON’ BRACELET, SHOUZHUO
Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century
The hollowed bracelet designed with two confronting dragons,
the inner side of the shank left plain, and stamped with a maker’s
cartouche, reading ‘Deyuan’, the exterior with meticulously chased
details depicting the scaly body of the creature undulating through
clouds, each dragon head with a wide open mouth, revealing its teeth
and tongue, its mane rendered in densely incised lines.
Outer diameter: 3 1/8in (7.9cm)
Inner diameter: 2 5/8in (6.7cm)
US$8,000 - 12,000
清 十八/十九世紀 雙龍首金手鐲一支
Yang Zhishui cites in Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi（Beijing:
Gugong, 2014） that bracelets with dragon head ends can trace
their origin to the Yuan dynasty, saw development through the Ming
dynasty, and provided inspiration to later bracelets in the Qing dynasty
(vol. 2, p.635).
Compare similar examples illustrated in Collection of Beijing Palace
Museum (Beijing, 1992), pl. 263, and in Celestial Creations, Art of the
Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection (Art Museum, The
Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University Hong Kong 2007),
Part II, pp. 628–629, no. H65.
335 (detail)
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