Set of twenty-six silver hair ornaments (800 thousandths) in - Lot 20

Set of twenty-six silver hair ornaments (800 thousandths) including three combs with filigree and gilded decoration, five hairpins with butterfly decoration (four), five flat wavy pins with incised floral decoration, three large hourglass-shaped pins (or ornaments) with repoussé decoration of figured scenes or flowers and birds, and ten flat rectangular pins ending in a spiral (punches) called bianfang (Manchu women's headdress ornament), with flower and bird decoration (characters on one). China, circa 1900 Gross weight: 902 g H. from 6 cm to 5.5 cm - L. 14 cm (combs); L. from 10.5 cm to 12.5 cm (butterfly pins); L. from 5.7 cm to 11.5 cm (flat and wavy pins); L. from 11 cm to 13.3 cm (hourglass ornament); H. from 8 cm to 15.5 cm - L. from 2.5 cm to 6.3 cm (bianfang) Oxidized. Provenance : Colette Ghijsels Collection for several pieces Private collection, Belgium