scissors

Lot 3169. A silver hair pin and a pair of silver scissors, Tang dynasty, 7th-10th century. L 14.5cm; L 13.4cm 54g. Estimate HKD 12,000 - 30,000. Sold for HKD 48,000. © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022. Provenance: An American private collection. Literature: Michael C. Teller IV, Royal Chinese Treasures: Tang and Song Dynasties, Willamsburg, Virginia, 1991, p. 87. Poly Auction. Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 14 July 2022

Lot 137. A very rare gilt-bronze scissors and tweezers set, Tang dynasty (618-907). Length of scissors 5 1/2  in., 13.9 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 68,750 USD. © Sotheby's. the scissors with the looped spring handle welded to flat pointed blades, each finely engraved to one side with a striding scaly dragon detailed with a long tail formed from stylized foliate scrolls, the other side with a pair of birds in flight among scrolling foliage, all reserved... [Lire la suite]