Two King Fisher feather hair decorations, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
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One in the shape of a bat, the other in the shape of a flower. Measurement 7x4,5 cm. Measurement the flower with the long hairpin 13,5-6,5 cm.
Damages, wear.
Provenance
From the collection of the swedish textile artist Kaisa Melanton. Purchased in 1979 when the when she gave lectures and curated an exhitibion at the Swedish Embassy in Beijing and Shanghai in collaboration with the Swedish Insitute.
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