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TWO GOLD HAIRPINS, ZAN
Late Qing dynasty
Including a bianzan made in the shape of a flat weaving shuttle, the
central waist un-decorated, separating four registers of chased flowers
on each side, curving toward two double-gourd finials, the underside
with two cartouche marks, reading ‘Yuzhen’, and ‘zujin’ (pure gold); the
second a dingzan hairpin with a tapering shaft widening and curving to
one end, decorated with the image of an additional hairpin and framed
with granulated bands.
3 1/2 and 2 1/8in ((8.9 and 5.4cm) long (2).

US$2,000 - 3,000

晚清 花紋金簪兩件

Both bianzan and dingzan were distinctive types of hairpin widely used
by women during the Qing dynasty. bianzan was used to underpin the
hairdo, whilst dingzan was applied vertically to strengthen and stabilize
the chignon.For more information and illustrated examples of this
type, refer to Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi, Yang Zhishui (Beijing:
Gugong, 2014), vol. 3, pp. 798-800. Compare also a similar gold
bianzan with a floral design, illustrated in Chinese Gold Ornaments by
Simon Kwan and Sun Ji (Hong Kong: Muwen Tang Fine Art Publication
345 Ltd., 2003), p. 526, pl. 365.

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A PAIR OF GOLD ‘LANTERN’ EARRINGS, ERHUAN
Ming dynasty style
Each hollowed earring made by skillfully folding a beaten gold sheet
into two globular sections with faceted sides, and mounted between
delicate lotus petals, the base rendered as a lotus pod with tiny
openings, with an elaborate S-shaped pin pulling from the top layers of
a flower head and leaves.
1 1/2in (3.8cm) high excluding pin (2).
US$4,000 - 6,000

明式 燈籠形金耳環一對

Lantern-form earrings are discussed by Yang Zhishui in Zhongguo
Gudai Jinyin Shoushi (Beijing: Gugong, 2014), vol.2, p. 626 and p.629. 346
See two elaborately designed lantern-form gold earrings illustrated in
vol. 3, p. 849, pl. 8.63.1 and pl. 8.63.2. Compare also a pair of gold
and crystal lantern-form earrings from the Ming dynasty, presented as
lot 356 in this sale.

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