The auspicious dragon in the cultural relics: the New Year's Celebration of the Spring Festival album 21 gold and silverware chapter 5

Collection and appreciation

"Shangwu" art old silver appreciation

Gilded double lion rolling hydrangea cap

The traditional auspicious theme is generally the decoration on the children's hat, which is very good for the texture and craftsmanship of the hat decoration in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, and the quality is excellent.

A pair of gilded dragon play bead hairpins

Heirlooms, almost all the quality, the Qing Dynasty aristocratic women used, compared with the same period of the general similar hairpin, this pair in the material is much thicker, the process is also better, the dragon body using filigree technology, the difficulty of production is relatively high, is a rare boutique.

Private collections

Southern Song Dynasty silver gilt dragon play pearl hairpin

Southern Song Dynasty silver gilt dragon play pearl hairpin

Southern Song Dynasty hollow dragon pattern gold sachet

Southern Song Dynasty hollow dragon pattern gold sachet

Southern Song Dynasty gold Capricorn pattern hollow gold hairpin head

Yuan Dynasty dragon pattern wear belt 1

Yuan Dynasty silver buckle

Yuan Dynasty silver double peony hairpin

Three years of gold and silver lock collection

Li Xu Collection

Collection of Bracelets of Ethnic Minorities (Tibetan, Mongolian, Miao, Jingpo, Hani)

Jiangnan Collection

Peach Blossom Rain Collection

Eight immortals cross the sea inlaid with jade gilt old silver locks

The front of the silver lock is a carved pattern composed of eight immortals, carp, dragon palace, auspicious dragon, etc., the eight immortals with a smile and a smile have different postures, each holding a magic weapon stepping on the clouds and treading the waves, and the clothes and ribbons flutter with the wind. Directly above the lock face are engraved two small fish, which are struggling to leap to the "Dragon Palace" treasure hall with the eaves and corners, and below is a proud dragon bowing its head, as if it wants to fly into the air. On the edge of the top of the lock, there is a stamper model "Heji Renhe".

The pattern on the other side of the silver lock is completely different from the front, and the exaggerated action of the two immortals (meaning "harmony and beauty"), smiles can be walked towards each other. He Xian holds the treasure box, the box mouth is slightly open, spit out the fairy qi and gives birth to flowers and leaves, and bears five money fruits to fall into the basket; At the feet of the two immortals is a water wave-like grid pattern, which looks like a water wave and a fairy bridge. Directly above the lock surface is a bat hanging upside down with its wings (meaning "blessing"), and directly below it is a dancing phoenix (meaning "auspicious"), walking through the continuous branches and lotus leaves, smart and wonderful.

The positive and negative lock patterns are different and the style is unified and coordinated, the composition is full, the density is compact, the roundness is atmospheric, the pattern combination is festive and auspicious, the image is vivid and lively, and the imagination is rich and colorful. In particular, the details are delicate and ingenious, from the relief outline of the streamlined lock edge, to the hand-engraved hand-carved feather hair petals, etc., from the simple openwork of the jade flower insert to the delicate chisel flower decoration on the edge of the inner lock, you can see the ingenuity of the maker.

(Attached): The Witch of the Devil's Hidden Emerald Earrings

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