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
44.
A PAIR OF CUT GOLD FOLIATE HAIR ORNAMENTS
Liao – Northern Song Dynasty, A.D. 10th– 12th Century
each with a large flowerhead terminal with two tiers of rounded petals cut from gold sheet centered by a spherical boss raised on a ring of coiled wire, the outer border of the flower made up of six openwork petals formed by notched loops of twisted wire, alternating with pointed serrated leaves incised with veins, all soldered onto a gold disc and a flat pin.
Length 3 3⁄4 and 3 5⁄8 inches (9.6 and 9.2 cm)
Compare the group of similar gold foliate hairpins in the form of stylized flowers, attributed to the Liao dynasty, illustrated by White, Bunker, and Chen in the catalogue of exhibition, Adornment for Eternity: Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament, Denver, 1994, p. 163, no. 76.
A group of similar gold hairpins is illustrated in a line drawing by Zhu in Liao dai jinyinqi (Liao Dynasty Gold and Silver), Beijing, 1998, p. 173, no. 115. Compare also the group of gold foliate hairpins of this type in the Muwen Tang Collection, illustrated by Kwan in Chinese Gold Ornaments, Hong Kong, 2003, pp. 496-497, attributed to the Ming dynasty.
遼 – 北宋 花形金髮飾一對 長 9.6 與 9.2 厘米
