#FSEmpresses: Curator's Cut - Fun with Hats

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#FSEmpresses: Curator's Cut - Fun with Hats

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Get the scoop on this beautiful Qing Dynasty-era headdress direct from co-curators Jan Stuart and Daisy Yiyou Wang! Learn why it's so special, on what occasions it was worn, and more. Festive headdress with phoenixes and peonies China, Qing dynasty, probably second half of 19th century Metal with gilding, kingfisher feather, jadeite, tourmaline, coral, pearls, and glass; frame: metal wires with silk floss and satin H x W x D: 15.2 × 29.2 × 27.9 cm (6 × 11 1/2 × 11 in) Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1937, 37.125A-D

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1 min 31 sec

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Freer sackler freersackler smithsonian asian art museum asia dc nmaa "national museum of asian art"

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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FreerSackler

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2019-04-24T21:48:45.000Z

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Art, Asian

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