Gold overlay aigrette with pearl and gem inlay, Qing dynasty, early 19th c., work of the Muslim regions or the Mughal Empire

Gold overlay aigrette with pearl and gem inlay, Qing dynasty, early 19th c., work of the Muslim regions or the Mughal Empire

• Image Number: K1D008439N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Miscellaneous objects
• Function: Dress accessories
• Material: Minerals/Metals/
• Description:
  This beautiful ornament, recorded in the Qing Dynasty as the Qing Dynasty’s “gold inlaid stone hat flower”, has a distinctive Islamic cultural color. Pieces of long and thin gold branches extend outward from the central column, and the ends are inlaid with thin leaves like beads. Its shape is reminiscent of the clusters of upward standing feather decorations on the imperial turbans of the Ottoman Türkiye Empire (1299-1923) and the Mongol Empire (1526-1857) after the 17th and 18th centuries. At the same time, the shaft of the central column of the hat flower is inlaid with red and emeralds arranged in a diamond lattice, and the bottom of the cup shaped column is also decorated with gems and beads. No matter the color of the gems or the technique of inlaying and stringing, as well as the overall gorgeous and dazzling beauty, they all have the same feeling as Islamic art style. The pink tourmaline on the top of the hat flower is bright in color, large in size, and very eye-catching. The cutting surface is carved with smooth