J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Silver and Gold in Ancient China
March 16 – April 14, 2012
50.
A CHASED GOLD DRUM-SHAPED PENDANT
Liao – Song Dynasty, A.D. 10th-13th Century
of flat circular tambour form, with tiny raised knobs representing the nails holding the ‘drum-skins’ in place on the raised edges of the narrow rounded sides, the circular ‘drumhead’ engraved on each side with a large peony blossom on a leafy branch, with a gold loop and large loose ring for suspension.
Diameter without the loop 1 3⁄4 inches (4.4 cm)
The present pendant comes from a set of gold cosmetic accessories, of a type called jin shijian (金事件) which first appears in China in the Tang dynasty. A silver drum-shaped pendant chased with very similar peony blossoms, from a set of cosmetic tools excavated in 1992 from a Yuan dynasty hoard is illustrated in Hunan Song Yuan jiaocang jinyinqi faxian yu yanjiu (The Discovery and Research on Gold and Silver Wares Unearthed from Caches of Song and Yuan Dynasties in Hunan), Beijing, 2009, p. 215, no. 429 (center).
遼 – 宋 鼓形金墜 徑不含相連金環 4.4 厘米
