J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

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Past Exhibition

Silver and Gold in Ancient China

March 16 – April 14, 2012

TWO FIGURAL GOLD HAIR ORNAMENTS
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TWO FIGURAL GOLD HAIR ORNAMENTS

Liao – Song Dynasty, A.D. 10th-13th Century

a small hammered and chased gold figure of a crowned Buddhist deity seated on a lotus throne, with a halo and three radiating petal-motifs behind, soldered onto a long flat pin at the back; and a small cast gold figure of a heavenly female attendant shown holding a floral offering, with celestial scarves in gold wire, a thin rounded long pin attached at the back.

Length 3 and 3 1516 inches (7.8 and 10 cm)

Compare the pair of gold figural earrings illustrated by Bunker, White, and So in Adornment for the Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 284, no. 126, described as Song dynasty.

遼 – 宋    人物形金飾二件    長 7.8 與 10 厘米

49.
TWO FIGURAL GOLD HAIR ORNAMENTS

Liao – Song Dynasty, A.D. 10th-13th Century

Length 3 and 3 1516 inches (7.8 and 10 cm)

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