A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE GILT METAL AND KINGFISHER FEATHER HAIRPINS AND EARPICK HAIRPINS

QING DYNASTY

Variously decorated with flower, animal and bird designs, one pair depicting Moor fish, another earpick hairpin modelled as a dragon surmounted by a phoenix, four hairpins depicting phoenix, their outstretched wings and heads depicted in jadeite, 25cm max. (18)

Provenance: a private collection, London.