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A fine gold 'flower' hairpin, chai
Southern Song dynastyThe 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
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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 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.