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Lot Essay
The elaborate group of decorations on the present headdress imitates the look of numerous hairpins arranged in an elegant upswept coiffure.
Two examples of headdresses of this type are in the Palace Museum, Beijing, exhibited Jewelry and Accessories of The Royal Consorts of Ching Dynasty, Beijing, 1992, nos. 3 and 4. Compare a similar example, circa 1880, illustrated by L. Wrigglesworth, The Accessory, London, 1991, p. 7. Another is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by Stephen W. Bushell, Chinese Art, London, 1924, vol. II, fig. 108. Similar headdresses were sold in our New York Rooms, 26 March 2003, lot 76, and 21 March 2000, lot 77.
Two examples of headdresses of this type are in the Palace Museum, Beijing, exhibited Jewelry and Accessories of The Royal Consorts of Ching Dynasty, Beijing, 1992, nos. 3 and 4. Compare a similar example, circa 1880, illustrated by L. Wrigglesworth, The Accessory, London, 1991, p. 7. Another is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by Stephen W. Bushell, Chinese Art, London, 1924, vol. II, fig. 108. Similar headdresses were sold in our New York Rooms, 26 March 2003, lot 76, and 21 March 2000, lot 77.