Lot 161
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COIFFE EN TEXTILE ET METAL DORE REHAUSSEE D'ORNEMENTS EN PLUMES DE MARTIN-PECHEUR, PERLES ET PIERRES
COIFFE EN TEXTILE ET METAL DORE REHAUSSEE D'ORNEMENTS EN PLUMES DE MARTIN-PECHEUR, PERLES ET PIERRES

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE

Details
COIFFE EN TEXTILE ET METAL DORE REHAUSSEE D'ORNEMENTS EN PLUMES DE MARTIN-PECHEUR, PERLES ET PIERRES
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE
Les ornements en forme de phénix, fleurs, dragons, pagodes et caractères chinois, la coiffe rehaussée de pompons rouges ; accidents et manques
Hauteur: circa 26 cm. (10¼ in.)
Provenance
From a French private collection acquired before 1925 and then by descent to the present owner.
Further details
A KINGFISHER FEATHER 'JEWEL'-ENCRUSTED HEADDRESS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The tiny kingfisher bird was highly prized for its iridescent blue feathers, which were used to create headdresses and hair ornaments for the exclusive use of court women during the 18th and 19th centuries.
See another kingfisher feather 'jewel'-encrusted headdress sold in our New York Rooms, 26 March 2003, lot 76.

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