Gold headdress ornament with kingfisher feather and inlays of pearl arrays and a gemstone for a myriad years, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Image Number: K1D003215N000000000PAC
- Dynasty: Qing dynasty
- Category: Miscellaneous objects
- Function: Clothing and accessories
- Material: Minerals/jade and jewelry/Diancui, pearl, tourmaline, emerald
- Description:
When Manchu women wore gowns and robes in the Qing Dynasty, they wore a ceremonial crown with silver or copper wire as the skeleton, lined with woven nets or silk, flannelette inner tubes, and decorated with jade and beads, which was named Dian or Dianzi. All kinds of jewelry ornaments on the mother of pearl are called mother of pearl flowers. According to their location and shape, they also have different names, such as face hairpin, knot, mother of pearl, jade stripe, etc. It is a long piece with hollow swastika characters on the base and continuous patterns. It is decorated with green flowers and inlaid with pearls. It is inlaid with peach pink tourmaline and green jade leaves.
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