A CHINESE KINGFISHER FEATHER BAT HAIRPIN, TIAN-TSUI, QING DYNASTY, 1644 - 1912

The gilt-metal bat applied with kingfisher feather and an oval tourmaline cabochon, the wings fashioned from spinach jade, tarnishing, gilt and feather loss, stones untested7,5cm widePROVENANCEGallerie de Chine, The Mara Gesundheit Collection, thence by descent