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8097 8097
AN OFFICIAL’S HAT WITH PEACOCK
FEATHER PLUME 8098
Qing dynasty
The conical hat made from pale silk stretched CHINESE PAINTINGS AND WORKS OF ART | 93
over a stiff frame and lined in red, all bordered
by yellow floral silk at the brim embellished
with a single pearl and covered by strands of
knotted red silk thread, the gilt and red glass
finial attaching a white glass fitting suspending
the separate horsehair and peacock feather
plume, two fitted boxes.
12in (30.5cm) diameter
$4,000 - 6,000

清 一眼花翎禮帽

Under Manchu formal dress regulations, the
colors of hat finials were used to distinguish
official ranks: the four army divisions known
as Banners were originally represented by
ruby finials for the Red Banner, sapphires for
the Blue Banner, rock crystals for the White
Banner and gold for the Yellow Banner.

The present lot was intended for summer
use, as indicated by the silk material over
a light-weight bamboo frame, and the
additional ceremonial hat spike suggests that
it was made for formal court ceremonials.
Compare a similar hat dated to 1875 and
exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South
Wales, illustrated in the catalog Celestial
Silks: Chinese Religious & Court Textiles,
Sydney, 2004, p. 90, where the author notes
that the pearl on the front brim was a feature
adopted by the Kangxi Emperor.

8098
AN UNCUT ROLL OF SILK YARDAGE
Circa 1900
The luxurious heavy brocade in a continuous
roll with a repeating formal pattern of stylized
peony blossoms of pinkish-red and golden
curling leaves issuing from scrolling orange
stems all on a dark blue ground.
265 3/4 x 27 1/4in (675 x 69 cm) overall
$3,000 - 5,000

約1900年 藍地錦繡纏枝番蓮紋匹布

The formal lotus meander pattern is a revival
of the 18th century style: compare a related
brocade panel illustrated by R. D. Jacobsen,
Imperial Silks: Ch’ing Dynasty Textiles in
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Vol. II,
Minneapolis, 2000, pp. 1134-5, no. 569.