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Chinese
Headdress and hair ornaments (19th century)
gilt-metal, kingfisher feathers, glass, wool
(a) 25.9 × 22.0 × 21.0 cm (headdress)
(b) 29.0 × 6.5 cm (tassel)
(c) 22.5 × 3.1 cm (tassel)
(d) 20.5 × 3.6 cm (tassel)
(e) 22.5 × 3.1 cm (tassel)
(f) 21.3 × 3.0 cm (tassel)
(g) 21.5 × 3.0 cm (tassel)
(h) 28.0 × 6.5 cm (tassel)
(i) 21.0 × 11.5 cm (hair ornament)
(j) 21.0 × 11.5 cm (hair ornament)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1919
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Headdress and hair ornaments
(19th century)
Medium
gilt-metal, kingfisher feathers, glass, wool
Measurements
(a) 25.9 × 22.0 × 21.0 cm (headdress)
(b) 29.0 × 6.5 cm (tassel)
(c) 22.5 × 3.1 cm (tassel)
(d) 20.5 × 3.6 cm (tassel)
(e) 22.5 × 3.1 cm (tassel)
(f) 21.3 × 3.0 cm (tassel)
(g) 21.5 × 3.0 cm (tassel)
(h) 28.0 × 6.5 cm (tassel)
(i) 21.0 × 11.5 cm (hair ornament)
(j) 21.0 × 11.5 cm (hair ornament)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1919
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
China
Inscription
(a) cast and infilled with kingfisher feathers on right side c.: (…illeg.)
cast and infilled with kingfisher feathers on front c.r.: 天
cast and infilled with kingfisher feathers on front c.l.: 詰
cast and infilled with kingfisher feathers on left side c.: 命
Accession Number
1894.a-j-D3
Department
Asian Art
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