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A GROUP OF TEN ANTIQUE GOLD HAIRPINS
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A GROUP OF TEN ANTIQUE GOLD HAIRPINS
Comprising two hairpins with dragon head finial, the horned head very finely crafted with bulging eyes, flared snout and jaw agape to reveal its teeth and tongue, one enhanced by a ruby surmount, to the tapered openwork shaft; a pair of hairpins with each lantern-shaped finial decorated with shou medallions in gold filigree; four hairpins with pearl, coral bead, amber or blue glass finial, each enhanced by a gold filigree cupola of overlapping lotus petal motif; and a pair of gold earpick hairpins (minor losses, ruby to dragon head finial a later replacement), Qing dynasty, the longest 12 cm. overall
For a similar dragon hairpin with the original Imperial accession label dating to the 31st year of the Qianlong reign (1767), cf. "Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Costume Accessories", National Palace Museum, Taibei, 1986, no. 125. (10)
Comprising two hairpins with dragon head finial, the horned head very finely crafted with bulging eyes, flared snout and jaw agape to reveal its teeth and tongue, one enhanced by a ruby surmount, to the tapered openwork shaft; a pair of hairpins with each lantern-shaped finial decorated with shou medallions in gold filigree; four hairpins with pearl, coral bead, amber or blue glass finial, each enhanced by a gold filigree cupola of overlapping lotus petal motif; and a pair of gold earpick hairpins (minor losses, ruby to dragon head finial a later replacement), Qing dynasty, the longest 12 cm. overall
For a similar dragon hairpin with the original Imperial accession label dating to the 31st year of the Qianlong reign (1767), cf. "Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Costume Accessories", National Palace Museum, Taibei, 1986, no. 125. (10)