FOUR CHINESE GILT METAL AND KINGFISHER FEATHER HAIRPINS

QING DYNASTY

Constructed with elaborate designs of foliage and flowers, bats and birds, decorated with coral and other hardstones, one with tassels of pearls, and three unmounted flowerheads, 15cm max. (7)

Provenance: a private collection, London.

Cf. Classics of the Forbidden City, Jewelry of the Empress and Imperial Concubines in the Collection of the Palace Museum, pp.123-127 for related flower hairpins.