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Lot 93
A Pair of Chinese Gemstone and Pearl-Inlaid Gold 'Butterfly and Chrysanthemum' Earrings, Erhuan, Ming Dynasty
明 金累絲嵌寶蝶戀花耳環一對
明 金累絲嵌寶蝶戀花耳環一對
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Mar 21, 2025
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Lot Description
A Pair of Chinese Gemstone and Pearl-Inlaid Gold 'Butterfly and Chrysanthemum' Earrings, Erhuan, Ming Dynasty
明 金累絲嵌寶蝶戀花耳環一對
明 金累絲嵌寶蝶戀花耳環一對
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Each earring is molded in the shape of a butterfly pursuing two blossoming chrysanthemums, inset with blue and pink tourmaline and pearl beads, with an S-shaped hook attached to the reverse.
Note:
Two similar pairs 'butterfly and floral' earrings, see YANG, Zhishui. Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi. Beijing: Gugong, 2014, p 613, fig 6-18:1 and 6-18:2.
For another similar pair, see LIN, Yeqiang. Celestial Creations, Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection II. Hongkong: The Chinese University of Hongkong, 2007, p 454, G59.
Also, a similar pair with different stone insets, see WHITE, Julia M. and BUNKER Emma C. Adornment for Eternity, Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament. Denver: Denver Art Museum and The Woods Publishing Company, 1994, p 196, no. 109.
類似金嵌寶蝶戀花耳環,見揚之水著《中國古代金銀首飾》,2014年故宮出版社,第613頁;林業強主編《寶蘊迎祥:承訓堂藏金II》,2007年香港中文大學中國文化研究所文物館,第454頁G59;以及香港夢蝶軒收藏的嵌珍珠金耳環,收錄于白珠麗和Emma C. Bunker合著,丹佛博物館《萬世風華:中國古代飾物》,第196頁,編號109 。
Height 1 7/8 in., 4.8 cm.
Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.
This lot is located in New York.