Lot 65

GROUP OF THREE CHINESE OFFICIAL'S COURT HATS WITH A LACQUER HAT BOX Y
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY






Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 珊瑚頂戴吉服冠涼帽兩件、素金頂戴吉服暖帽 及 珊瑚頂戴朱緯 帶漆盒
漆盒蓋內印: 粵東省城狀元坊中約元茂造
comprising: two summer court hats with coral finials; a black fur winter hat with gold coloured finial; one red tassels with coral finial, inside a fitted lacquer box
Dimensions
largest hat: 30.5cm diameter; box: 34cm diameter x 32cm high
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
蘇格蘭私人收藏,愛丁堡
Footnote
The interior of the box's cover is stamped with a maker's mark, indicating that it is made by Yuan Mao, in Zhuangyuan Fang, Guangdong.
The coral finials on the summer hats indicate that the hats were for a second-ranked civil officer, and the gold-coloured one was for a seventh to ninth-ranked officer.
Compare to a group of three semi-formal court hats, Jiguan, and a tiered hat box, Qing dynasty, 19th century, sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2004, lot 34.





