A GROUP OF KINGFISHER HAIR ORNAMENTS

LATE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF KINGFISHER HAIR ORNAMENTS
Late Qing dynasty, late 19th century
Each variously configured with gilt metal filigree and brilliant blue featherwork embellishment and shaped into birds, insects and foliate forms, most with hardstone and pearl enrichments, one mounted with an apple green jade cylinder
5 in. (12.6cm.) high (5)

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