A COLLECTION OF CHINESE GILT METAL AND KINGFISHER FEATHER HAIR ORNAMENTS

QING DYNASTY

Formed as single and double pronged hairpins, four earpick-hairpins, one formed as a pagoda containing a seated figure, the others with foliate designs, insects and birds, 18.5cm. (13)

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, p.83, no.49 for a related earpick-hairpin.