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PROPERTY FROM THE RENLU COLLECTION
A pair of gold 'lantern' earrings, erhuan
Ming dynasty styleEach 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).
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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. 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.