Gilt silver hairpin with pearl-and-gemstone inlay of a dragon playing with a pearl, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty-China Archive

Image Number: K1D004749N000000000PAE
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Miscellaneous objects
Function: Dress accessories
Material: Minerals/Metals/
Description:
The soaring golden dragon, with its head in the front, raised its eyebrows and stared, and opened its mouth and lips, was as powerful as a lion’s roar. The dragon body swung from the back, rolled up and turned, in an S-shaped shape. Its forelimbs were divided from left to right, and its hind limbs were bent and kicked. It was powerful and majestic. The clouds around it surrounded a complete space, making the original single golden dragon dominate. Cover a circle of space full of momentum. The gold filigree is pinched into a honeycomb and made into scales on the surface of the dragon body. The flaky gold filigree turns in a large arc, emphasizing the rounded body and the undulating facial expression. The horns of the head, the eyebrows of the face, the whiskers of the chin, the mane of the back neck, the mane of the side of the body, the dragon tail and other sharp corners that constantly rise outward, like the light emitting outward, are connected with the cloud patterns of the periphery. The pearls in the center are arranged in a diagonal line with red and sapphire, and shout with gold