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140 A RARE PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPIN
TANG DYNASTY
唐 銀局部鎏金鏨花釵
of thin silver sheet, the broad rounded top tapering to a double-pronged pin, decorated to one side with a central raised ridge
following the shape of the hairpin, finely engraved and gilt with a stylized floral compound formed by formalized leafy foliate
flower blossoms beneath a floral-shaped reserve
Length 9¼ in., 23.6 cm
$ 5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
In Chinese culture, hairpins made with a two-pronged pin, such as the present lot, are referred to as chai, while
the ones with only a single pin are called zan. The present hairpin is remarkable for its unusual form, and no other
examples appear to be recorded. For the more common form of hairpins of this type, see two undecorated gold
hairpins with two slender prongs, included in the exhibition Chinesische Gold und Silber. Die Sammling Pierre Uldry,
Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1994, cat. nos 212 and 213.
Archaeological findings suggest chai appeared in China as early as the Eastern Zhou dynasty. See an early prototype,
made from an animal bone, excavated from a Spring and Autumn period tomb in Houma, Shanxi province,
illustrated as a line drawing in Zhou Xun and Gao Chunming, Zhongguo lidai funü zhuangshi [Decorative clothing and
accessories of Chinese women throughout history], Hong Kong, 1988, p. 58, fig. 2.33. Starting from the Sui and Tang
dynasties, the stylistic repertoire of chai tremendously expanded due to the high demand for elaborate hair styles
favored by the elite classes; for the stylistic evolution of chai, see Zhou Xun and Gao Chunming, ibid., p. 71.
在中國傳統文化中，雙股為釵，單股為簪。本品銀局部 經過考古研究發現，髮釵最早於東周時期便有使用。見一
鎏金鏨花釵，造形特殊，極為少見，未見它例著錄。可 例由動物骨做成的髮釵，於山西省侯馬晉國遺址一座春秋
參考此類髮釵中較常見作例，如兩件素面金釵，展於 戰國墓出土，其線描圖刊載於周汛及高春明，《中國歷代
《Chinesische Gold und Silber. Die Sammling Pierre 婦女妝飾》，香港，1988年58頁，圖2.33。自隋唐始，
Uldry》，雷特伯格博物館，1994年，編號212及213。 髮釵風格多變且盛為風行，主要因為唐朝貴族婦女髮型變
化多樣，常常需要各式髮釵來固定或裝飾髮髻。關於髮釵
風格之發展，見周汛及高春明，前述出處，71頁。
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