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4 ? in. (11.3 cm.) long; weight 4.5 g
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK61. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 112.
Two similar gold hairpins with filigree petals supporting a turquoise bead rather than a pearl are illustrated by Simon Kwan and Sun Ji, Chinese Gold Ornaments, Hong Kong, 2003, pp. 482-83, pl. 323, where they are dated Ming dynasty.