A CHINESE GILT-METAL AND GLASS HEADDRESS AND TWO PAIRS OF KINGFISHER-FEATHER FILIGREE HAIRPINS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
THE HEADDRESS STABILISED ON THE INSIDE WITH WIRES, DECORATED WITH FILIGREE MODELS OF PEACOCKS, FEATHERY SCROLLS, CLOUD-SCROLLS AND MEDALLIONS WITH CHARACTERS, SOME DAMAGE, 19 CM. DIAM., ON STAND; A PAIR OF KINGFISHER-FEATHER HAIRPINS, SUSPENDED WITH GLASS BEADS; AND KINGFISHER-FEATHER HAIRPINS MODELLED AS DRAGONS WITH DRAGONFLIES
20 CM. HIGH, MOUNTED; AND 16.6 CM. WIDE, MOUNTED (5)
A CHINESE GILT-METAL AND GLASS HEADDRESS AND TWO PAIRS OF KINGFISHER-FEATHER FILIGREE HAIRPINS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
THE HEADDRESS STABILISED ON THE INSIDE WITH WIRES, DECORATED WITH FILIGREE MODELS OF PEACOCKS, FEATHERY SCROLLS, CLOUD-SCROLLS AND MEDALLIONS WITH CHARACTERS, SOME DAMAGE, 19 CM. DIAM., ON STAND; A PAIR OF KINGFISHER-FEATHER HAIRPINS, SUSPENDED WITH GLASS BEADS; AND KINGFISHER-FEATHER HAIRPINS MODELLED AS DRAGONS WITH DRAGONFLIES
20 CM. HIGH, MOUNTED; AND 16.6 CM. WIDE, MOUNTED (5)