拍品專文
The wire frame and paper backing on this headdress suggests that this may have been used in the theatre or opera.
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EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A KINGFISHER FEATHER 'JEWEL'-ENCRUSTED HEADDRESS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The domed wire frame lined in red silk and elaborately applied with wire and paper-backed motifs embellished with kingfisher feathers, simulated pearls, large glass faceted stones, and painted sections, representing dragons, phoenix, flowers and surmounted by a pagoda and a Chinese character, the back suspending a tasselled arc-shaped plaque, all resting on a lacquered paper headband simulating metalwork
9 in. (22.7 cm.) high
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The domed wire frame lined in red silk and elaborately applied with wire and paper-backed motifs embellished with kingfisher feathers, simulated pearls, large glass faceted stones, and painted sections, representing dragons, phoenix, flowers and surmounted by a pagoda and a Chinese character, the back suspending a tasselled arc-shaped plaque, all resting on a lacquered paper headband simulating metalwork
9 in. (22.7 cm.) high
注意事項
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