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What is China Filigree Jewelry (Wire Handicraft in China)?

2.9.12  Adrina Jewelry International  6 comments


Filled Wire Petal & Leaf Gold Cuff Bracelet
China filigree is characterized with the use of the processed alloyed gold and silver. In jewelry making process, the delicate jewelry product is crafted by means of ingenious wire handicraft techniques, such as pán-qū, tián-sī, qiā-sī & welding.  It is very much alike to filigree metalwork in western countries.

What is pán-qū? 
Intricate Twining & Twisting Skills
  • It means twining & twisting.

What is tián-sī? 
  • It means filling the twinned wire into the wired mold or frame.  Filled petal and leaf are commonly found in tián-sī jewelry product.

What is qiā-sī? 
  • It means twining & twisting wire outside of the inner wired mold.  The commonly seen qiā-sī jewelry motif are dragon, phoenix, flowers,birds, fish and pavilion, terraces & towers.

What is welding?
  • Composing the individual finished parts together to make the products complete by welding.
  
Phoenix Coronet Shawl
Far in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220), the development of filigree in China had been very impressive. With respect to its further development in dynasty after dynasty, it became an increasingly mature kind of arts and crafts in China, making jewelry processing to be more perfect. The Ming Dynasty, for example, rulers like to use a lot of gold, silver, and other kinds of jewelry material to produce accessories, jewelry and living utensils.  Most of them are in luxury & exquisite varieties.  Hundreds of gold wire crafted funerary objects, such as golden emperor crown, queen coronet, jade inlaid golden flower were unearthed from the Dìng Líng Tomb.  The intricate and fine detail of the items show the superb craftsmanship.

Unearthed Phoenix Coronet
from the Dìng Líng Tomb




 


Left: it was worn by the queen in the title granting ceremony, or for visiting temple & assembly. This beautiful jewelry is respectively decorated with filigree dragon, jade phoenix, and flowers composed of 5000 pearls and over 150 precious stones.









Golden Crown for Ming Emperor
Unearthed from the Dìng Líng Tomb







 
Left: the exquisite & gorgeous Golden Crown was made from very fine gold wire . Crown height: 24 cm, diameter 20.5 cm and weighs 826 grams.











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Interesting article Adrina, Arts and Crafts Company (www.arts-and-crafts-company.com) currently have a fine carved Jade Peacock (Phoenix?) in our inventory believed to date from the Ming - Qing Dynasty which has carved "fixing slots" to the rear of the object. Possibly for attachment to a noble wire or filigree headdress as an ornament. I will further my research and knowledge from the objects found at the Ding Ling Tomb excavations.

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