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PROPERTY FROM THE RENLU COLLECTION
A pair of gold 'dragon' hairpins, tongzan
Qing dynastyThe head of each dynamic dragon rendered in intricate pierced work and delicate wiring, and crowned with a silver-gray pearl between a pair of scrolling horns, its hollowed, elongated body serving as the pin, executed in a repetitive openwork pattern. 5 3/4in (14.7cm) long (2).
注脚
清 纍絲龍首紋金通簪一對 Simon Kwan and Sun Ji suggest in Chinese Gold Ornaments (Hong Kong: Muwen Tang Fine Art Publication Ltd., 2003) that openwork 'dragon' hairpins with hollowed shaft were fashionable during the Ming and Qing dynasties. This hairpin style is known as tongzan (p. 564). For further discussion and illustrated examples of this type, refer to Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi, Yang Zhishui (Beijing: Gugong, 2014), vol. 3, pp. 828-829.Compare also, related examples in Celestial Creations, Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection Part 11 (Art Museum, The Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University, Hong Kong. 2007), pp. 572–573, no. H29, and in Collection of Beijing Capital Museum (Beijing 2004), pl. 272.