Lot Essay
Gold-inlaid wood jewellery seems to have been a speciality of the Qing court. A very similar pair of bangles also lined on the interior with cash symbols but without the bats motif on the exterior is in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Qingdai Fushi Zhanlan Tulu, Qing Dynasty Costume Accessories, no. 238, p. 254.
Two other pairs both with undecorated interior metal band are in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in Qingdai Houfei Shoushi, Qing Dynasty Consort Jewellery, nos. 270 and 271.
For other accessories made of aloeswood and decorated with gold granule florets, compare a rosary-bracelet, sold in these Rooms, 26 April 1998, lot 534; and a hairpin, sold in these Rooms, Imperial Sale, 27 April 1997, lot 95.
(US$6,400-9,000)
Two other pairs both with undecorated interior metal band are in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in Qingdai Houfei Shoushi, Qing Dynasty Consort Jewellery, nos. 270 and 271.
For other accessories made of aloeswood and decorated with gold granule florets, compare a rosary-bracelet, sold in these Rooms, 26 April 1998, lot 534; and a hairpin, sold in these Rooms, Imperial Sale, 27 April 1997, lot 95.
(US$6,400-9,000)