A rare rhinoceros horn 'nail'-shaped hairpin


17th/18th centuryOf slender cylindrical form surmounted by a cap finial, the material of a dark walnut tone, box. 15.9cm (6 1/4in) long (2).
|十七/十八世紀 光素犀角簪Provenance: Songzhutang Collection, USAngela Chua Collection, Hong Kong來源：松竹堂收藏香港蔡劉木蘭女士收藏For related examples of rhinoceros horn hairpins, see a shorter one in the collection of the Shanghai Museum, carved with plum branches, 17th century, illustrated by T.Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p.246, no.184. Another rhinoceros horn hairpin also carved with plum branches, 17th/18th century, was sold at Christie's Paris, 14 December 2010, lot 1829.相關犀角簪之例，可參考上海博物院藏一件十七世紀梅花簪，著錄於霍滿棠，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999年，頁246，編號184。巴黎佳士得亦曾售出一犀角雕梅花簪可資參考，十七/十八世紀，2010年12月14日，拍品1829。