The hairpin finely molded and chased in the shape of large auspicious clouds, with a female immortal, Magu, standing at the center, dressed in draped robes with flowing celestial scarves, both hands raised and carrying a circular tray full of peaches, the face bearing a subtle smile, the hair and the garments with incised details, the plate and the large cloud bordered and decorated with small raised bosses, a long flat gold pin attached to the back.
Note:
A similar example is at the Nanjing Museum, see Nanjing Museum. The Golden China, Gold Artifacts of Ancient China. Nanjing: Yilin Press, 2013, p 377.

For additional Ming dynasty examples and discussion on tiaoxin, see YANG. Zhishui. Shehua Zhise, Song Yuan Ming Jinyinqi Yanjiu, volume 2. Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 2011, page 20-25.

《金瓶梅詞話》第三十五回“書童兒妝旦勸狎客”，書童被應伯爵斯纏著妝旦，西門慶旋使玳安往後邊去，“問上房玉簫要了四根銀簪子，壹個梳背兒，面前一個仙子兒，一雙金鑲假青石頭墜子，大紅對衿絹衫兒，綠重絹裙子，紫銷金箍兒”。又“要了些脂粉，在書房裏搽抹起來，儼然就是個女子，打扮的甚是嬌娜”。

“面前一件仙子兒”指簪首裝飾仙人兒的挑心。第七十五回如意兒對西門慶說，“迎春姐有件正面戴的仙子兒要與我，他要問爹討娘家常戴的金赤虎，正月裏戴”，“正面戴的仙子兒”，也是此物。

“挑心”之稱，列在明人編纂的《世事通考·首飾類》項下，通常插在髮髻正面，固定在背板的簪腳可依己意調節方向，或後伸，或上挑，總是簪戴於當心，因此引人註目。坐佛、觀音、摩尼、群仙、花卉，是挑心常用的裝飾題材。

參見南京博物院藏江蘇省無錫市大墻門出土明代”麻姑獻壽“金簪；江蘇省常州市清潭工地明墓出土的銀鎏金仙人挑心；廣東普寧明墓出土金西王母壽字挑心；江西南城明益宣王夫妇合葬墓出土金镶玉嵌宝王母骑青鸾挑心，皆收錄于揚之水著《奢華之色——宋元明金銀器研究卷二明代金銀器首飾》，中華書局2011年出版，第20-25頁。