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Three Chinese Gold 'Floral' Hair Pins, Zan, Ming Dynasty
明 梅花、牡丹頭金錐腳簪
明 梅花、牡丹頭金錐腳簪
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Three Chinese Gold 'Floral' Hair Pins, Zan, Ming Dynasty
明 梅花、牡丹頭金錐腳簪
明 梅花、牡丹頭金錐腳簪
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Comprising two 'prunus' examples and one 'peony' example, each long, tapering prong capped with a floral blossom.
Note:
For three close examples, see LIANG, Zhu. Mausoleum of Prince Liang Zhuang Wang, volume 2. Beijing: Culture Relics Publishing House, 2007,
fig 137, no. 2,3; fig 138, no.1.
For a set of 12 similar examples, see SUN, JI, and GUAN, Shanming. Chinese Gold Ornaments. Hongkong: Mu wen tang, 2003, p 476-477.
簪頭作花朵形,花蕊、花瓣旋形排列,本品玉形制、長度極似湖北省博物館藏湖北省鍾祥市梁莊王墓出土明代金簪,見梁柱主編《梁莊王墓》,2007年文物出版社,彩版137-138;以及浙江省嘉兴市项氏墓出土的一對明代金裹头银簪子。
類似簪頭參見香港沐文堂藏品,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476-477;以及香港承訓堂藏品,收錄于林業強主編《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438-441頁。
Length of longest 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm.
Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.
This lot is located in New York.