A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPIN TANG DYNASTY Formed as a two-pronged pin terminating in a...

A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPIN

TANG DYNASTY

Formed as a two-pronged pin terminating in a finial formed as an openwork floral spray, the flowers and leaves with finely incised details, 25.1cm, 15g.

Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased from Bluett & Sons Ltd on 19th September 1979, and thence by descent.

Cf. Q Shen, Selected Treasures of Shaanxi History Museum: Gold and Silver, p.111, no.116 for a comparable pair of Tang dynasty hairpins with a chrysanthemum design; see also Sotheby's New York, 19th March 2019, lot 102 for another related pair of hairpins.