Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties

宋辽金元

960 CE — 1368 CE

Commercialisation of the economy brought gold and silver jewellery to a wider buying public. Song tombs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have yielded large quantities of silver hairpins and earrings from non-elite burials.

Forms in this period

Objects

Long embroidered silk pendant worked with silvered and gilded paper and gold thread in needleloop embroidery

Pendant

Pendant

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynastiessilk, silvered paper, gilded paper, and gold thread; needleloop embroidery and knotting

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small nephrite pendant with carved surface detail

Pendant

Pendant

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynastiesjade

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Jade (nephrite) headdress ornament, song, liao, jin and yuan dynasties, 4.2 cm high.

Headdress fragment

Headdress ornament

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan DynastiesJade (nephrite)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jade (nephrite) headdress ornament, song, liao, jin and yuan dynasties, 5.6 cm high.

Headdress fragment

Headdress ornament

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan DynastiesJade (nephrite)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Silver headdress, song, liao, jin and yuan dynasties.

Guan (cap or crown)

Headdress

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan DynastiesSilver

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Silver hairpin, song, liao, jin and yuan dynasties, 16.8 cm long.

Zan (hairpin)

Hair Ornament

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan DynastiesSilver

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gilt silver hairpin, song, liao, jin and yuan dynasties, 2.2 cm high.

Zan (hairpin)

Hair Ornament

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan DynastiesGilt silver

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gilt silver hairpin, song, liao, jin and yuan dynasties, 2.2 cm high.

Zan (hairpin)

Hair Ornament

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan DynastiesGilt silver

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Silver comb, song, liao, jin and yuan dynasties, 5.1 cm high.

Shu (comb)

Comb

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan DynastiesSilver

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hairpin, song, liao, jin and yuan dynasties, 5.4 cm high.

Zan (hairpin)

Hair ornament

Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan DynastiesLacquer, gilt wood

The Metropolitan Museum of Art