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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE UK COLLECTION
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A LARGE COLLECTION OF KINGFISHER FEATHER AND GILT METAL HAIR
ORNAMENTS, JEWELLERY AND A PEACOCK FEATHER PLUME
19TH CENTURY
The group comprises eighteen kingfisher feather and gilt metal hair pins, decorated with a variety of
motifs including flowers, fish, butterflies and dragons, some 'en tremblant'; two large kingfisher feather
peony ornaments; a kingfisher feather diadem; a pair of gilt metal hair pins elaborately worked with an
abundance of flowers and each set with a carved agate bud; a pair of earrings and two single earrings; a set
of five coral, pearl and kingfisher feather-decorated buttons; a peacok feather plume and four further
hair pins.
The largest 9Ω in. (24 cm.) long (33)
£5,000-8,000 US$6,400-10,000
€5,500-8,700
PROVENANCE:
The Collection of Werner Forman (1921-2010), assembled between the 1950s and 1990s.
Property from a Private UK Collection.

英國私人珍藏
清十九世紀 點翠、鎏金金屬髮飾及飾物一組及孔雀翎一件
來源:
Werner Forman (1921-2010)舊藏, 於1950年代至1990年代購入

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