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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A LARGE EMBELLISHED WHITE JADE HAIRPIN
LATE MING/QING DYNASTY
细节
A LARGE EMBELLISHED WHITE JADE HAIRPIN
LATE MING/QING DYNASTY
The long, tapering, pale greenish-white jade hairpin is carved at one end with a flower, which is now enclosed within an elaborate gilt-metal casing composed of intertwining stems of kingfisher-embellished leaves, peonies and bamboo, and further embellished with spring-mounted birds and pearls, as well as four inlays of mother-of-pearl, malachite and coral.
14 in. (35.5 cm.) long, box
LATE MING/QING DYNASTY
The long, tapering, pale greenish-white jade hairpin is carved at one end with a flower, which is now enclosed within an elaborate gilt-metal casing composed of intertwining stems of kingfisher-embellished leaves, peonies and bamboo, and further embellished with spring-mounted birds and pearls, as well as four inlays of mother-of-pearl, malachite and coral.
14 in. (35.5 cm.) long, box
来源
Private collection, California, acquired before 1939 and thence by decent within the family.