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Lot 598

A GROUP OF TEN HAIRPINS WITH CORAL

Estimated Value:

800 € - 1.200 €

Result:

518 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Qing dynasty
L.8,5-24 cm
Coral branches in natural shape carved with fine relief. Pins made of silver, partly gilded or with enamel. One pin with reddish agate.
From an important German private collection, assembled between the 1980s and 1999 - Cp.: Similar hairpins with coral branches: "Four Centuries of Silver : Personal Adornment in the Qing Dynasty and After", Margaret Duda, Singapore, 2002, p.123, Fig. 5, reddish agate: Fig. 2.