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A FINE GOLD ‘FLOWER’ HAIRPIN, CHAI
Southern Song dynasty
The tapering shafts of the two-tined hairpin richly decorated to the
upper portion in high relief with various flowers and leaves against
a punched ground, all above bands of vertical lappets and triangle
patterns, the top finished with an oval chrysanthemum blossom
detailed with tiered radiating petals.
7 7/8in (20cm) long
US$8,000 - 12,000

南宋 花紋雙股金釵一件

Compare a pair of gold hairpins from the Southern Song dynasty,
illustrated in Adornment for Eternity, Julia M. White and Emma C.
Bunker (Denver Art Museum, 1994), p. 184, no. 96. In the exhibition
catalog, the authors refer similar hairpins, excavated from a Southern
Song tomb in a suburb of Fuzhou, published and illustrated in Wenwu
(Beijing, 1977, issue no. 7), p. 10, pl. 29. Another example published in 352
Wenwu 1984, issue no. 5, p. 83, pl. 5.

See also two closely related gold hairpins illustrated in Celestial
Creations, Art of the Chinese Goldsmith: The Cheng Xun Tang
Collection, Vol. I (Hong Kong, 2007), pp. 184-185, no. D03, and three
smaller gold hairpins illustrated in Chinese Gold Ornaments, Simon
Kwan and Sun Ji, (Hong Kong: Muwen Tang Fine Art Publication Ltd.,
2003) pp. 396-397, no. 242.

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