Gold headdress ornament with kingfisher feather and inlays of pearls, jewels, and jadeite for a myriad years of happiness and longevity.
- Image Number: K1D003212N000000000PAB
- Dynasty: Qing dynasty
- Category: Miscellaneous objects
- Function: Clothing and accessories
- Material: Minerals/jade jewelry/Diancui, pearl, emerald, tourmaline
- 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 strip, with the base made of green dots, the top inlaid with pearls, emeralds, and powdered tourmalines, and the design of the swastika, bat, and life circle.
![图片[2]-Gold headdress ornament with kingfisher feather and inlays of pearls, jewels, and jadeite for a myriad years of happiness and longevity.-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qing dynasty/Miscellaneous objects/K1D003212N000000000PAB-110301.jpg)
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