Headdress Ornament
1700s or 1800s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Headdress Ornament, 1700s or 1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads; overall: 22 x 28.5 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven 2001.179.1 Hair ornaments depicting flowers, butterflies, or birds were worn by ladies of the Manchu elite class. The iridescent blue feathers of kingfisher birds are inlaid in hairpins and headdresses.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads
- Medium
- copper-silver, alloy, gilding, kingfisher, feathers, glass, beads
- Dimensions
- Overall: 22 x 28.5 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 2001.179.1
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven
- Exhibitions
- Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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