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Lot 122

Sale 6418 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 19, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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$2,000 - 4,000
Price Realized
$2,560
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Lot Description

A Pair of Chinese Gold 'Peony' Earrings, Erqian, Qing Dynasty
清 金牡丹紋耳鉗一對
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

Each earring is adorned with a finely cut and chased peony blossom to the flattened hoop with a ruyi head terminal, narrowing to a wire pin for threading through the earlobe. The interior of the hook is stamped with an indistinct two-character mark.
Note:
Examples in similar shapes but various materials, see LI, Ya. Erpan Liuguang, Zhongguo Lidai Erhuan. Beijing: Zhongguo Fangzhipin Chubanshe, 2015, p 182-184.

這類圓環形耳環造型簡潔輕便,多和常服相配。在清代愈發流行,即環形耳鉗。環面可做各種裝飾,如這對可在牡丹紋中點翠,花心留有小孔以便穿珠。
Diameter 1 x width 1 in., 2.5 x 2.5 cm.

Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.

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