Lot 1235. Four cut-gold hair pins, Liao-Northern Song dynasty (AD 907-1127);2 ¾ to 3 ½ in. (7 to 8.9 cm.) long. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

Each pin is decorated with a flower head, the petals cut from gold sheet and the stamen formed from gold wire, fitted cloth box.

Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2012.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 - 14 September 2018