A WHITE JADE HAIR ORNAMENT

ANOTHER PROPERTY

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A WHITE JADE HAIR ORNAMENT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Of rectangular form, pierced and carved overall with a line of qi, 'happiness', characters within a bevelled border, carved to one end with a hollow tube for attachment, the translucent stone of an even white tone
12 3/4 in. (32.3 cm.) long

Provenance

Mu-Fei Collection

Exhibited

Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, Bluett & Sons, London, 1990, included in the Catalogue no. 75

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Lot Essay

Compare with a very similar hair ornament of comparable size and design, pierced and carved with an endless knotted cord, illustrated in Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 9, no. 6.

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