A MANDCHU MEN'S OFFICIAL WINTER HAT WITH HAT FEATHER AND TWO JADE FEATHER SLEEVES

Estimated Value:

500 € - 800 €

Schätzpreis:

3.600 €

Description:

China, late Qing dynasty
div.
Hat (H.18cm, D.25cm) (nuanmao, guanmao) of silk satin with cotton lining (with owner's name) and brim of sable, red silk fringe, bronze finial with sphere (dingdai) of bone, painted in coral pink (symbol of the second rank). Feather tube of green jade (l.7,2cm) mounted on the hat. Separate feather tube made of white jade (l.6,5cm). Peacock feather (kongqueling, hualing) with original paper sleeve.
From the collection of Hermann Friedrich Ensinger (1872-1937)
Good, practically without traces of use. Light storage marks on the hat cap beneath the red silk fringes

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