Lot 84
84
A GROUP OF GOLD ORNAMENTS, comprising a sheeted-gold diadem with a pair of striding dragons reserved on a pierced diaper-ground below circular medallions; a pair of gold slippers; a pair of gold open-work dragon-fish hoop earrings; and a single hoop earring suspending a bead between flower-shaped mounts (minor losses),

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A GROUP OF GOLD ORNAMENTS, comprising a sheeted-gold diadem with a pair of striding dragons reserved on a pierced diaper-ground below circular medallions; a pair of gold slippers; a pair of gold open-work dragon-fish hoop earrings; and a single hoop earring suspending a bead between flower-shaped mounts (minor losses),

Qing Dynasty
16cm. wide (6)

Lot Essay

Cf. six pairs of dragon-headed hoop earrings dated to the Ming Dynasty from the Mengiexuan Collection, included in the exhibition held at the Denver Art Museum, Adornment for Eternity, Status and Rank in Chinese Ornaments, 1994, Catalogue, fig.71a

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