(20TH CENTURY)

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A Large Enamelled Silver Hairpin
(20th century)
The large terminal cast with two confronted phoenixes on either side of a red bead jewel and with confronted cranes, longevity medallions and feathers in low relief and further bead jewels, the edging of the enamels silver, the cylindrical shaft silver with pointed tip
18 3/8in. (46.7cm.) long

Lot Essay

For other hairpins, see Ho-Am Art Museum, ed., Joseon hugi gukpojeon: Widae munhwa yusan eul chajaseo Treasures of the Late Choson Dynasty 1700-1910, exh. cat. (Seoul: Samsung Art and Culture Foundation, 1998), pl. 132.

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