EIGHT CHINESE GILT METAL AND KINGFISHER FEATHER HAIRPINS

QING DYNASTY

Each surmounted by an openwork design, three similarly formed as phoenix, a fourth phoenix with a chime pendant, others with a bat, a fish and ruyi designs, the last with a dragon's head and long foliate pendant, 29cm max. (8)

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, nos.101-105, for related examples.