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Lot 88

A Chinese Gold Hairpin, Chai, Yuan Dynasty
元 金螭虎釵
Sale 2046 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 21, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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$3,000 - 5,000
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Lot Description

A Chinese Gold Hairpin, Chai, Yuan Dynasty
元 金螭虎釵
Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)

The upper section of the two-tined hairpin chased with a pair of sinuous chilong pursuing a floral blossom at the center, the reverse of the flower head incised with a character, yue; the thin prongs slightly curved.
Note:
For similar examples, see YU, Yanjiao. Hunan chutu jinyin qi. Changsha: Hunan Art Publishing House, 2009, p 150, fig 108.

Hunan Museum. The Discovery and Research on Gold and Siler Wares Unearthed from Caches of Song and Yuan Dynasties in Hunan. Beijing: Culture Relics Press, 2009, p 1-2, 59-60.

SUN, JI, and GUAN, Shanming. Chinese Gold Ornaments. Hongkong: Mu wen tang, 2003, p 458-459.

For discussion on the chilong or chi-tiger decoration from the Yuan Dynasty, see Yang, Zhishui, Chinese Ancient Gold and Silver Jewelry, Beijing: Palace Museum, 2014, p 204-205.

刻款:月
釵股上部鏨為盤龍,顶托牡丹,蟠卷如雲,壓印鳞甲,是謂螭虎釵,元代創新的制式,細分若干種,每每成对,分量多在20克以下,本品近30克,極爲難得。

螭虎钗之所谓“螭虎”,原是俗称,雅称蟠螭。元张昱《无题二首》之二“咫尺香闺步懒移,搔头谁理玉蟠螭”,説的便是同类纹样的玉簪。螭虎钗的名称见于故宫本《碎金·服饰篇》“首饰”一节“北”条下,起源北方,后通行南北,或金或银,在湖北黄陂周家田元墓;湖南益王村元代窖藏;内蒙古赤峰市敖漢旗太吉合案村元代窖藏都有出土。

此外,1978年臨澧縣新合鄉龍崗村出土元代金螭虎釵,收錄于喻燕姣著《湖南出土金銀器》,2009年湖南美術出版社,第150頁圖108,揚之水著《中國古代金銀首飾全三卷》,2014年故宮出版社,第204-205頁,以及2009年文物出版社出版的湖南省博物館《湖南宋元金銀器窖藏的發現和研究》,第1-2,59-60頁。

私人收藏參見香港沐文堂,收錄于孫機、關善明合著《中國古代金飾》,2003年香港沐文堂出版,第458-459頁。

Length 5 7/8 in., 15 cm.

Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.

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