China, Liao dynasty (907-1125) - Lot 38

China, Liao dynasty (907-1125) Pair of 18k yellow gold earrings, each representing a phoenix, made of two gold leaves repoussé, assembled and incised, its legs resting on openwork foliage, and holding an openwork flower in its beak (one missing). L. 5.5 cm approx. - Weight 27.44 g Base. Compare with a pair of gold phoenix earrings from the Mengdiexuan collection, illustrated in Ors et trésors : 3000 ans d'ornements chinois, ed. Hortense Meltz, Paris SFPA, 2022 (exhibition at L'école des arts joailliers Connaissance des arts, hors série, n°1002), p. 71. Compare also with a gold hairpin of the same design and date, but from the Song dynasty, from the Mengdiexuan collection, illustrated in the same book, p. 37.