Asian Art I - 20th May 2015
Lot 12
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE GILT METAL AND KINGFISHER FEATHER HAIR ORNAMENTS QING DYNASTY Formed as...
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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.