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Headdress

cloth headdress with a bat having kingfisher and silver small balls sewn in for detail peaches and longevity symbol. Late Ching Dynasty. I wear as collar.early 20th c
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  • What a beautiful lustrous blue! Is that embroidery?

  • A stunner of a piece, Linda, and if I were a woman, and particularly with your features, I would quite likely wear it too. For me, it is of course simply a work of art - and a very great one. You mention "cloth", but isn't much of the material kingfisher feathers??? (On cloth, I mean - but I raise this because what "jumps" at you is the sharp turquoise-like colour of what do look like feathers.)

  • Sorry left out the word kingfisher, was late and my computer and scanner were failing in the storm!

  • Glad to pick that up! I did think that that is what I was seeing ...

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