Collection 03 · 发簪
Adornment
The scholar's eye, worn.
The scholar's eye, worn.
A Chinese hairpin is the oldest worn ornament in the East — the single-prong 簪 (zān), the gripping 钗 (chāi), the trembling 步摇 (bù yáo, “shake as you walk”). We choose pieces for the hand that made them — to be worn, not just kept.
The single-prong pin — the everyday way to dress long hair, and the oldest.
A forked pin; historically split between parting lovers, each keeping a half.
Hung with drops that sway with each step — “shake as you walk.”
Carved from a single stone; jade stands for virtue and warms to the body.
Jewel-toned enamel held by hand-bent wire — the burnt-blue of Beijing.
Silk-floss flowers on copper wire — a Nanjing intangible-heritage craft.
On 点翠 (kingfisher-feather): we do not sell it. The historic technique uses wild kingfisher feathers; we choose silk velvet-flower and enamel, which give the same blue without the bird.
These museum pieces trace the lineage; the shop above is sourced and curated by the studio. Product photography shown is supplier reference — final pieces are shot in-house before they ship.