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Lot 78
A Pair of Chinese Gold Bracelets, Qianzhuo, Liao Dynasty
遼 蛇首魚子地鏨花卉紋金鉗鐲一對
遼 蛇首魚子地鏨花卉紋金鉗鐲一對
Sale 2046 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 21, 2025
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Lot Description
A Pair of Chinese Gold Bracelets, Qianzhuo, Liao Dynasty
遼 蛇首魚子地鏨花卉紋金鉗鐲一對
遼 蛇首魚子地鏨花卉紋金鉗鐲一對
Liao Dynasty (916-1125)
Each C-shape bangle is made from a gold strip ending in two snake heads, the exterior incised with floral scrolls against a dense ground of small punched circles.
Note:
For two similar pairs, see YANG, Boda. Zhongguo Jinyin Boli Falangqi Quanji, volume 2. Shijiazhuang: Hebei Fine Art Press, 2004, page 183, fig. 328-329.
For similar bracelets, see Lin Yeqiang. Celestial Creations, Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection I. Hongkong: The Chinese University of Hongkong, 2007, page 254-255, E09.
SUN, JI, and GUAN, Shanming. Chinese Gold Ornaments. Hongkong: Mu wen tang, 2003, p 382-383.
TANG, Cailan. Qi Dan Yi Zhen. Nei Mengu: Ba lin cuo qi Museum, p 68-71.
契丹族源於東胡,遊牧於蒙古東部,貞觀二年(628)歸附李唐,唐設松漠都督府於其牧地,命其首領為都督。唐末,契丹勢力强大,916年首領耶律阿保基稱帝,國號“契丹”,意爲鑌鐵,947年改爲“遼”,雄霸北中國。遼治金,金人原屬女真族,盤踞東北,遼末,女真完顏部族首領阿骨打起兵抗遼,1115年滅遼,建“大金國”——取黃金堅而不朽之意。金南下滅北宋,宋南遷,1234年南宋聯合蒙古滅金,而後蒙古蒙古減南末,改國號為“元”。女真族則退居東北,直至明末自號滿州,入主中原,也就是“大清” 。
遼、金、元均為遊牧民族統治,轉徙不定,車馬爲家。金飾具有契丹、女真及蒙古民族風格,縱橫奔放,與中原大不相同。魚子地上鏨花卉紋、卷草紋,開口獸首或卷口,是遼代手鐲的特色,參見内蒙古巴林左旗契丹博物館藏龍首鸞鳥紋金鐲;楊伯達主編《中國金銀玻璃琺瑯彩全集》第二卷,河北美術出版社2004年出版,第183頁,圖版328-329;林業強主編《寶蘊迎祥:承訓堂藏金I》,2007年香港中文大學中國文化研究所文物館,第254-255頁,E09;以及夢蝶軒所藏C形波浪鎏金銀鐲,收錄于苏芳淑主编《松漠风华:契丹艺术与文化》,香港中文大学文物馆,2004年出版,p172-173。
Diameter 2 7/8 in., 7.3 cm.
Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.