A GOLD FILIGREE GEMSTONE-MOUNTED DOUBLE-GOURD HAIRPIN
18th/19th century
The gemstone-embellished terminal formed as a delicately worked double-gourd bordered with two layers of dense ruyi-cloud-scroll filigree, all secured to the tapering shaft finely detailed as a tree trunk extended to a repousse cloud, a filigree ruyi-head and a leaf enclosing a blue gemstone, box.
12.5cm (4 7/8in) long. (2).