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A pair of gold Phoenix hairpins, fengchai
10th-14th century Each bird with uplifted wings and long tail plumage, standing on a flower-head platform issuing from a curving stem splitting into two prongs through a rolled leaf with indented detail. 5 1/4in (13.3cm) long
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十至十四世紀 綉羽鳴春金釵一對Yang Zhishui states in Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi (Bejing: Gugong, 2014) that some decorative designs on gold jewelry during the Song and Yuan dynasties could be inspired by known paintings or embroidery work. Among the examples given in the book is a hairpin decorated with a long-tailed bird on a flower-head excavated from a Yuan tomb in Hunan province, comparable to the present example. These bird images seem to closely echo the motif depicted in an embroidery work from the Song dynasty now in the Palace Museum Collection. (vol. 3., p. 912, pl. 9.18 & pl. 919).