Song dynasty, 960 – 1279

Length: 3 1⁄4 inches, 8.2 cm

A yellow gold teardrop.shaped scarf pendant or pomander, consisting of two openwork halves fitting together to form a container with a recessed centre. The flat front and back are

Song dynasty, 960 – 1279

Diameter: 7 inches,17.8 cm
Height: 2 inches, 5 cm
Weight: 250 grams

A silver bowl in the form of an open chrysanthemum flower, its sides worked into twenty.four petals of equal dimensions, rising from a

A giltbronze image of the bodhisattva Guanyin, wearing loosely draped, long.sleeved, pleated robes. The deity stands on a lotus flower base, which in turn is supported by a square, stepped pedestal.

Tang dynasty, probably mid – 8th century 

Length: 111⁄4 inches, 28.5 cm

A silver spoon with a paddle-like bowl, a long curved handle and a raised section near the end, resembling a bird’s head in round relief. A small plum

Tang dynasty, 8th – 9th century 

Length: 10 1⁄4 inches, 26 cm
Width: 1 3⁄16 inches, 3 cm

A silver hairpin with long, bifurcated silver prongs and an openwork gilded finial, which has a design of two mandarin ducks. The

A pair of silver spoons, each with an oval-shaped, paddle-like bowl and a long curved handle with a raised ridge in the middle. Either end of the handle is

Tang dynasty, 618 – 906 

Length: 2 inches, 5 cm

A round-backed gold comb top decorated with a repoussé design of two leaping tigers on one side and of two birds in flight on the other. The design is set

Tang dynasty, 618 – 906 

Height: 3 1⁄2 inches, 8.9 cm

Diameter at mouth: 5 inches, 12.7 cm A bronze incense burner, formed as a cylindrical shallow bowl supported on five cabriole legs. The legs are stepped and end in

Sui or early Tang dynasty first half of the 7th century 

Height: 9 inches, 23 cm

A bronze bottle, the pear-shaped body supported on a short, splayed foot, which has a rolled edge. The long, slender neck rises from a