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Lot 73

A Chinese Gold Jue-Form Ornament, Possibly Late Shang-Western Zhou
或爲晚商-西周期 玦形金飾
Sale 2046 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 21, 2025 10:00AM ET
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A Chinese Gold Jue-Form Ornament, Possibly Late Shang-Western Zhou
或爲晚商-西周期 玦形金飾
Possibly Late Shang-Western Zhou (11th Century BC)

The cylindrical ring ends in two flat triangular form terminals.
Note:
For similar examples, see YANG, Boda. Zhongguo Jinyin Boli Falangqi Quanji, volume 1. Shijiazhuang: Hebei Fine Art Press, 2004, p. 1.
SUN, JI, and GUAN, Shanming. Chinese Gold Ornaments. Hongkong: Mu wen tang, 2003, p 136-137.
ZHANG, Jingming. Jinyinqi yu Caoyuan Sichou Zhilu Yanjiu. Lanzhou: Lanzhou University Press, 2017, p. 85.

用黄金棒徙手打成,不规整,表面磨損划痕明顯,可能為日用首飾。這類玦形金飾常見於遼寧及河北兩省出土的商、周墓葬之中:北京平谷縣商代劉家河墓葬出一對,直徑12.5 cm;天津蓟縣張家園西周早期墓群出兩對, 直徑5.3-8 cm,出土於頭骨兩侧;遼寧南山根出一件,直徑6.4 cm;香港沐文堂藏一件,直徑6.5 cm;遼寧寧城縣汐子北山嘴出一件,直徑4.6 cm。尺寸大小不一,用途也就說法不一:有認為是臂飾,有認為是佩飾,有認為是耳飾,更有認為較細小的品種屬於鼻饰。

不論何種用途,可以肯定的是此類玦形金飾流行於燕山南北一帶,中原地區未有發現,屬於北方少数民族的飾物。佩戴方法可能直接穿於耳孔之中,可能用布帶懸掛於髮簪或帽冠之下,類似唐宋以後流行的”掩鬢“、”掩耳“。参见楊伯達主編《中國金銀玻璃琺瑯彩全集》第一卷,河北美術出版社2004年出版,圖版第1頁;孫機、關善明合著《中國古代金飾》,2003年香港沐文堂出版,第136-137頁;以及张景明著《金银器与草原丝绸之路研究》第85頁。

Exterior diameter 2 1/2 in., 6.4 cm.

Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California.

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