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A Pair of Chinese Gold 'Double-Gourd' Earrings, Erhuan, Ming Dynasty
明 金葫蘆耳環一對
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A Pair of Chinese Gold 'Double-Gourd' Earrings, Erhuan, Ming Dynasty
明 金葫蘆耳環一對
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

Each gourd-shaped earring is formed by a beaten gold sheet, the top decorated with a lotus leaf, surmounted by an s-shaped hook.
Note:
For six similar pairs, see LIN, Yeqiang. Celestial Creations, Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang Collection II. Hongkong: The Chinese University of Hongkong, 2007, p 450-451, G58.

Another similar pair excavated from Tiexin bridge, Zhonghua men, Nanjing, see LI, Ya. Erpan Liuguang, Zhongguo Lidai Erhuan. Beijing: Zhongguo Fangzhipin Chubanshe, 2015, p 157, no.4.

A close pair excavated from Jiangjun mountain, Jiangning, Nanjing, see YANG, Zhishui. Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi. Beijing: Gugong, 2014, p 602, fig 6-5:1.

葫蘆環在元代便已流行,至明,成爲宮廷后妃命婦正裝中常見的耳飾款式。各地元明墓葬中純金葫蘆環出土不少,參見甘肅省博物館藏甘肅省漳縣徐家坪出土的元代金葫蘆耳環,甘肅省漳縣元代汪世顯家族墓出土的金葫蘆耳環,江蘇省南京市中華門外鐵心橋出土的明代金光葫蘆耳環,江西省博物館藏江西崇仁明代程瑞墓出土金葫蘆耳環等,部分收錄于李芽著《耳畔流光:中國歷代耳飾》,中國紡織出版社2015年出版,第157頁。南京江寧將軍山出土的金光葫蘆耳環與本品極其相似,收錄于揚之水著《中國古代金銀首飾》2014年故宮出版社,第602頁。

私人收藏中,香港承訓堂藏有六對,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450-451頁G58;沐文堂藏有八隊,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508-709頁。

Height 1 3/8 in., 3.4 cm.

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