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A GOLD BRACELET, QIANZHUO
Liao dynasty
Hammered from a strip of gold, the C-shaped bracelet gently tapering
toward each end, and terminated in a carefully rolled scroll, the outer
side with three conforming ribs, enclosing two bands of delicately
engraved acanthus leaves against a typical punched background.
2 3/4in (7cm) wide

US$4,000 - 6,000
遼 花紋金鉗鐲一支

A slightly more elaborate pair of this general shape from the Liao
dynasty was published in Emma Bunker et al Adornment for the
Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan
Collection (Hong Kong: The University Museum and Art Gallery, 1999),
p236.
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Compare also, a Liao bracelet similar to the present example illustrated
in Chinese Gold Ornaments by Simon Kwan and Sun Ji (Hong Kong:
Muwen Tang Fine Art Publication Ltd., 2003), pp. 382-383, pl. 231.
Kwan and Sun suggest that the Liao continued stylistic developments
dating to the Tang dynasty. See the Tang prototypes published in
Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi, Yang Zhishui (Beijing: Gugong, 2014),
vol. 1, p. 129.

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