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A PAIR OF GOLD BRACELETS, QIANZHUO
Liao dynasty style
Of oval C-form, each made from a gold strip narrowing to paired snake
head termini, the exterior finished with two banded ridges framing a
slightly raised belt incised with flowers and leaf scrolls against a ground
filled with small punched circles resembling the scaly body of a snake.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) wide (2).
US$9,000 - 12,000
遼代風格 蛇形花紋金鉗鐲一對
Compare Liao bracelets similar to the present example, published in
Adornment for the Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from
the Mengdiexuan Collection, Emma C. Bunker and Julia M. White
with Jenny F. So (Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong Museum
Society, 1999), p. 236.
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