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US$4,500-5,800
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FOUR PAIRS OF IMPERIAL KINGFISHER FEATHER, PEARL AND TOURMALINE ORNAMENTS
Each pair in mirror image, the gold filigree appliqueés depicting auspicious motifs including phoenix, lotus, sheng and gourds, each appliqueé delicately inlaid with kingfisher feathers and further enhanced with pearls and tourmaline, 18th century (minor losses, gold tarnished)
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 "Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Costume Accessories", National Palace Museum, April 1990, col. pl. 93, 94, 97, 98, 101 and 102. (8)
Each pair in mirror image, the gold filigree appliqueés depicting auspicious motifs including phoenix, lotus, sheng and gourds, each appliqueé delicately inlaid with kingfisher feathers and further enhanced with pearls and tourmaline, 18th century (minor losses, gold tarnished)
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 "Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Costume Accessories", National Palace Museum, April 1990, col. pl. 93, 94, 97, 98, 101 and 102. (8)
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Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell
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