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Lot 119

Sale 6418 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 19, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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Four Chinese Silver Gilt 'Floral' Hairpins, Zan, Ming Dynasty
明 花卉紋金裹頭銀錐腳簪四支
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

Comprising two 'prunus' examples and two 'peony' examples, each long, tapering prong capped with a floral blossom.
Note:
For similar examples, see WANG, Jianjun, XU, Rongfei. Compilation of Chinese traditional jewelry. Beijing: The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013, pages 49 and 51.

《金瓶梅詞話》第三十四回寫應伯爵眼中的書童,從頭到腳妝束精細:“頭帶瓦楞帽兒,扎著玄色段子總角兒,撇著金頭蓮瓣簪子,身上穿著蘇州絹直裰,玉色沙兒,涼鞋凈襪。”書童雖為仆從,卻是西門慶的男寵,這一節要說的是“書童兒因寵攬事”,因此特意借應伯爵雙眼見出書童的形容。“撇著金頭蓮瓣簪子”而點明“金頭”,通常是簪首金、簪腳銀,如浙江省嘉兴市项氏墓出土的一對金裹頭梅花銀簪子,同類牡丹簪,參見湖北省博物館藏湖北省鍾祥市梁莊王墓出土明代牡丹形金簪。類似髮簪見《金聲玉順:中國古代金銀珠寶首飾精品賞析》,p. 49及51。
Length of largest 4 7/8 in., 11.5 cm; Length of smallest 3 3/4 in., 9.7 cm.

Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.

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