Hairpin with four flowers – (8043)
[8043]

Silver hairpin decorated with four flowers which are presumably Osmanthus blossoms representing a wish to have Distinguished sons. The object which forms the finial is unknown to us. It has five indentions on two sides of which four are shaped as tiny flowers and the fifth one as a coin symbolizing Wealth. The hairpin dates from the end of the Qing (1644 – 1912) to the early Republic period (1912 – 1947). Length 13.5 cm. Width 0.8 cm.
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