A PAIR OF GOLD 'FLOWER' HAIR ORNAMENTS MING DYNASTY

each executed in fine gold filigree work with delicate twisted wires forming five petals of a flower head alternating with five pointed gold petals within twisted wire outlines, the upright stamens realistically rendered

Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1954-55, cat.no. 59.

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat.no. 59.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Ulricehamn, 1999, cat.no. 60.

One of the flowers is slightly bent and the stamens on one are slightly more compressed and the petals are slightly curved, however the overall condition is still quite good.
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Compare three similar hair ornaments modelled as a flower head, also attributed to the Ming dynasty, published in Simon Kwan and Sun Ji, Chinese Gold Ornaments, Hong Kong, 2003, pl.335.