Manchu Hairpin
CultureChinese
Date19th century
MediumKingfisher feathers
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (3.81 × 20.96 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-705/1
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DescriptionHairpin with five coral tips. Small butterfly at the base. Set with opals and jade and decorated with blue enamel.Exhibition HistoryPortland Art Museum (OR), November-December 1952.
Manchu Court Art, Stanford (CA) University Museum, mid-November 1954-February 6, 1955.
Emperors, Scholars and Temples: Tastemakers of China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, August 12, 2016 – January, 2017.
C. Frances Bieber;
Purchased from C. Frances Bieber by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
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