[Diancui inlaid with beads facing the crown]
Diancui inlaid with beads facing the crown, clear, 37 cm in height and 27 cm in diameter
It is made of green velvet and decorated with red velvet, with three golden phoenixes and three pearls on top, and one large pearl on top; The red velvet is decorated with gold phoenix seven, gold Zhai one, and Zhai tail is hanging in two rows. The dyed leather collar hangs behind the crown, and the blue cloth lace
According to the records of the Qing Dynasty, the top three floors, Jinfengqi and Jinzhaiyi are the highest imperial crown among the empresses, which should be worn by the empress dowager and empress at the grand ceremony. The Jinfeng and Jinzhai here are made of gilded birch skin, which also fully comply with the standard system. However, the “three elements and two pieces” beads hanging behind the crown are not consistent with the “five elements and two pieces” beads of the queen’s crown, which is suspected to be caused by later generations’ wrong hanging. It should be the queen and empress dowager’s summer crown
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