The long, flat silver pin ending in a gold phoenix terminal, the phoenix bird molded in two halves and joined in the middle, the body chased and embossed to show round eyes, a long beak, detailed feathers on wings and long tail, stepping above clusters of auspicious clouds.
Note:
For five similar examples excavated from Longgang village, Xinhe xiang, Linli xian, Changde City, Hunan in 1978, see YU, Yanjiao. Hunan chutu jinyin qi. Changsha: Hunan Art Publishing House, 2009, p 147-151.

For another similar example excavated from Beihe village, Linjing, Shaanxi, see YANF, Zhishui. Shehua Zhise, Song Yuan Ming Jinyinqi Yanjiu, volume 1. Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 2010, p 71, fig 1-20:3.

For a similar Liao/Song dynasty example, see LIN, Yeqiang Celestial Creations, Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection I. Hongkong: The Chinese University of Hongkong, 2007, p. 264-265 E17. 

鳳釵與鳳簪，宋代起頻頻現於詩詞，元代形制沿宋，本品係延續辽金已有的造型：祥云上立舞鳳，两枚金片分别打造成形，然后扣合一处，颈上披羽飞扬，御風而行，很有動勢。喙有小孔，或可串珠。

參見1978年湖南省常德市臨澧縣新合鄉龍崗村出土類似金鳳簪五件，收錄于喻燕姣著《湖南出土金銀器》，2009年湖南美術出版社，第147-151頁；以及陝西臨境北河村出土金鳳釵，收錄于揚之水著《奢華之色：宋元明金銀器研究卷一》，中華書局2010年出版，第71頁，圖1-20:3；香港承訓堂藏有同款遼/宋鳳簪兩件，收錄于
林業強主編《寶蘊迎祥：承訓堂藏金》，2007年香港中文大學中國文化研究所文物館，第264-265頁E17。