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A Chinese Parcel Gilt Silver 'Peony' Hairpin, Chai, Song Dynasty
宋 金裹頭連七式花頭銀釵
宋 金裹頭連七式花頭銀釵
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A Chinese Parcel Gilt Silver 'Peony' Hairpin, Chai, Song Dynasty
宋 金裹頭連七式花頭銀釵
宋 金裹頭連七式花頭銀釵
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
The two small cylindrical silver pins rose and molded to a row of seven U-shaped curves each topped with a pair of peony blossoms in gilt silver.
Note:
A close example excavated from Yongjia, Zhejiang, see YANG, Zhishui. Shehua Zhise, Song Yuan Ming Jinyinqi Yanjiu, volume 1. Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 2010, page 23, fig 1-4:1.
花头钗名称见于宋人话本《宋四公大闹禁魂张》:“妇人叫了万福,问道:‘客长,用点心?’赵正道:‘少待则个。就脊背上取将包裹下来,一包金银钗子,也有花头的,也有连二连三的,也有素的,都是沿路上觅得的。”所谓“花头”,即钗梁做出各种各样的装饰;“连二连三”,即若干对花头或花筒并连于钗梁。
花头钗细分若干不同样式,與本品相似者,參見浙江省東陽市博物館藏東陽市白雲街道楊大塢村金交椅山宋墓出土的銀鎏金二連三式花頭釵及金竹節紋橋梁釵;以及浙江永嘉銀器窖藏出土的銀連五式花頭簪,收錄于揚之水《奢華之色-宋元明金銀器研究卷三 》,p 23,圖1-4:1。
Width 4 1/8 x length 3 7/8 in., 10.5 x 9.8 cm.
Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.