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A Pair of Chinese Gold U-Shaped Earrings, Erhuan, Liao Dynasty
遼 金联珠耳環一對
遼 金联珠耳環一對
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A Pair of Chinese Gold U-Shaped Earrings, Erhuan, Liao Dynasty
遼 金联珠耳環一對
遼 金联珠耳環一對
Liao Dynasty (907-1125)
Each u-shaped earring has three raised ridges decorated with lines of raised beads, the narrow sides incised with a scaly motif, and a knob decorated with petals attached to the side, surmounted by a hook for threading through the earlobe.
Note:
For similar gilt copper examples, see Hunter, Warriors, Spirits, Nomadic Art of North China. Hing Chao and Isabelle Frank, Exhibition held at the Indra and Henrry Banga Gallery, City University Press, Hong Kong, 2022, page 275, no. 168.
For three similar pairs, see LIN, Yeqiang, Celestial Creations, Art of the Chinese Goldsmith: The Cheng Xun Tang Collection I. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hongkong, 2007, page 242-243, E04.
For discussions on this type of earrings, Li Ya, Erpan Liuguang, Zhongguo Lidai Erhuan. Beijing: Zhongguo Fangzhipin Chubanshe, 2015, page 109, no. 6.
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。遼語稱黃金為“女古”;遼朝設有“山金司”主理陰山金礦;遼人男子頭頂剃光,兩鬢留長,不論男女都佩戴耳環,是以遼代出土金飾中耳環極為豐富。
本品上為細鉤,環體呈U形,前有圓形突出,起棱飾有聯珠紋,流行于遼代早期,可能是摩羯蓮花耳飾的雛形。此類耳環貫穿遼代,內蒙古東南面大橫溝、敖漢旗、阿魯科爾沁旗、克什克腾旗二八地、遼寧省阜新南皂力營一號遼墓、朝陽前窗戶村遼墓、河北承德道北沟等地遼墓均有出土。
公私收藏參見香港夢蝶軒藏品,收錄于《獵人·戰士·神靈:中國北方遊牧藝術》,2002年香港城市大學出版,第275頁,第168號;香港承訓堂藏品,收錄于林業強主編《寶蘊迎祥:承訓堂藏金1,2007年香港中文大學中國文化研究所文物館,第242-243頁, E04;以及李芽著《耳畔流光:中國歷代耳飾》,中國紡織出版社2015年出版,第109頁,編號6。
Height 1 5/8 in., 4 cm.
Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.
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