Lot 80
80
A GOLD PARFUMIER, AND A GOLD AND SILVER ALLOY HAIR DIADEM, the pear-shaped reticulated parfumier decorated to each half with differing repoussé scenes with finely chased details of pairs of birds on a dense floral gound; the diadem formed as nine openwork petals attached to an arched bar and two prongs behind a border containing a pair of phoenix between flower-heads,

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A GOLD PARFUMIER, AND A GOLD AND SILVER ALLOY HAIR DIADEM, the pear-shaped reticulated parfumier decorated to each half with differing repoussé scenes with finely chased details of pairs of birds on a dense floral gound; the diadem formed as nine openwork petals attached to an arched bar and two prongs behind a border containing a pair of phoenix between flower-heads,

Song Dynasty
the diadem 19.5cm. wide (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. a related parfumier from the Mengiexuan Collection, included in the exhibition held at the Denver Art Museum, Ardornment for Eternity, Status and Rank in Chinese Ornaments, 1994, Catalogue, fig.98, where Julia White explains that the ornament would have hung from a belt of shawl. Several very similar gold and silver alloy diadems are also illustrated, cf. figs.87-89

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