A COLLECTION OF CHINESE KINGFISHER FEATHER HAIR ORNAMENTS AND EARRINGS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: three pairs of earrings and fourteen hair ornaments, variously decorated with dragons, mythical beasts, lanterns, flaming pearls, grasshoppers, fruiting branches and blossoming flowers, all adorned with kingfisher feathers, some with filigree metalwork, coral, simulated pearls, beaded glass and coloured stones, 14cm max. (20)

Provenance: a private collection, London.