Lot Essay
US$5,000-7,500
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A SET OF KINGFISHER FEATHER, PEARL AND GEM-SET ORNAMENTS
Comprising six gold filigree appliqués depicting auspicious motifs including phoenix, lotus, bats and sanduo, the Three Abundances, several with fu and shou characters, each appliqué delicately inlaid with kingfisher feathers and further enhanced with pearls, sapphires, spinels and tourmaline 18th century (minor losses)
The largest 8 x 4 cm.
For similar ornaments, see "Jewellery and Accessories of The Royal Court of Ching Dynasty", The Palace Museum Forbidden City Publishing House, June 1992, colour plates 5, 32, 43, 49, 53, 67, 82 and 113; and "Catalgue of the Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Costume Accessories", National Palace Museum, April, 1990, colour plates 93, 94, 97, 98, 101 and 102
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Comprising six gold filigree appliqués depicting auspicious motifs including phoenix, lotus, bats and sanduo, the Three Abundances, several with fu and shou characters, each appliqué delicately inlaid with kingfisher feathers and further enhanced with pearls, sapphires, spinels and tourmaline 18th century (minor losses)
The largest 8 x 4 cm.
For similar ornaments, see "Jewellery and Accessories of The Royal Court of Ching Dynasty", The Palace Museum Forbidden City Publishing House, June 1992, colour plates 5, 32, 43, 49, 53, 67, 82 and 113; and "Catalgue of the Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Costume Accessories", National Palace Museum, April, 1990, colour plates 93, 94, 97, 98, 101 and 102
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