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A pair of gold earrings, Ming dynasty

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March 25, 01:30 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

18k gold, weight 8.17 grams (combined), stand (3)


Length 1⅜ in., 3.5 cm

A group of related double-gourd-shaped earrings were excavated in Jiangsu province, all of which were included in the exhibition Jinse jiangnan. Jiangsu gudai jinqi / Golden Jiangnan. Ancient Gold Ware of Jiangsu, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, 2008. See, for example, a pair of undecorated earrings, unearthed in 1977 from a Ming dynasty tomb in Qingyang, Jiangyin city, now in the Jiangyin Museum, p. 111 (bottom); and two pairs, decorated with vertical ribs, discovered in Daqiangmen, Wuxi city, now housed in the Nanjing Museum, attributed to the Ming dynasty, pp 137 (bottom) and 139 (bottom).

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