This fabrication technique, highlights 24K gold in a very special way, allowing for delicate and intricate details to shine through. Each piece of gold is hand pulled to create narrow and thin strips to be refashioned and hand soldered into stunning works of art to be worn or displayed.

The Liao dynasty (/ l j aʊ /; [3] Khitan: Mos Jælud; traditional Chinese: 遼朝; simplified Chinese: 辽朝; pinyin: Liáo cháo), [4] also known as the Khitan State (Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur), [5] officially the Great Liao (Chinese: 大遼; pinyin: Dà Liáo), was a Khitan-led imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Yelü clan ...

With this successful marketing of what essentially are poorly crafted products, a new category of collectible, conceptualized as "Liao dynasty gold and silver," had entered the art world.5 Interestingly, the art market had minimized concerns over authenticity by surmising that second-rate products could be expected from Liao contexts, even if ...

Between 1987 and 1991 several dozen gold and silver ritual vessels of a pur ported Liao-period origin appeared on the international art market.1 Most of those utensils carry long Chinese inscriptions explaining that they were commissioned in the 1020s by Liao dignitaries as gifts to an important Yelii 耳

In recent years, unearthed Liao tomb have excavated a lot of fine gold, included the attire, saddlery, weapons, ritual vessels, containers, and a variety of accessories. However, few scholars pay attention to gold in Liao's political role.

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The recent discovery of the tomb of Liu Fei, King of Jiangdu, in eastern China, has provided a unique insight into the significance of early gold production in Western Han society.

Excavations of Liao tombs have revealed masks made of copper, bronze, gilded bronze, silver, and the discovery in 2003 of the Liao dynasty tomb of the Princess of Chen and her husband, Xiao Shaoju, provided archaeological evidence of burial masks being made from gold sheet.

Funerary masks are associated with the burial culture of the Qidan Liao and many examples made of bronze, gilt bronze or silver sheet such as the present example have been found in tombs of the Liao elite in Inner Mongolia. Two impressive gold funerary masks were discovered in the royal tomb of the Prince and Princess of Chen at ? , dated 1018.

The hollow cast U-shaped earrings are bold in design with faux-beaded or pseudo-granulated borders, each divided by a quatrefoil flange encircling its midsection. Below each pierced-ear hook is a plain round gold bead that would be visible when worn.