Skip to page contents

Gallery

Jewelry with a Chinese twist

Chinese jewelry can be immensely intricate and richly decorated. Enjoy this treasure trove of earrings, bracelets, necklaces and headdresses boasting pearls, precious stones, and even kingfisher feathers.

Curated by @sofietaes

Gold and mother of pearl brooch with Chinese character

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Necklace worn by Peranakan Chinese children

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Chained silver box, probably for tobacco

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Silver fish pendant with chain

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Necklace of different colored beads

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Belt with thirteen polished tiger nails set in gold

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Chased gold watch with chinoiserie figures, made in imitation of an English watch, signed …

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum of Ethnography

Ring, Smycken, Copy, Thumb ring

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

Sign of words, II class of Chinese Multicolored Earth.

The Royal Armoury

Oorhanger bestaande uit een knop van zilverlegering bezet met turkoois met hieraan een lan…

Museon-Omniversum

Museum of Ethnography

Museum of Ethnography

Bracelet, Ken-tei

Museum of Ethnography

Brink, Mecky van den

Arnhem museum

skulpturdel, halsband, necklace

Museum of Ethnography

Museum of Ethnography

necklace, amulet, necklace

Museum of Ethnography

halsband, necklace

Museum of World Culture

Court necklace for imperial officials

World Museum Vienna

Museum of Ethnography

Museum of Ethnography

Museum of Ethnography

örhänge, earring

Museum of Ethnography

örhänge, earring

Museum of Ethnography

Hair ornament, diadem, kingfisher feathers

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Hair needle, kingfisher feathers

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Hair needle, ice bird feather ornament

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Hair needle, ice bird feather ornament

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Ornament for headdress

World Museum Vienna

Hair needle, ice bird feather ornament

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Ornament for headdress

World Museum Vienna

Museum of Ethnography

Museum of Ethnography

Museum of Ethnography

Hänge, Pendant

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

World Museum Vienna

Manchu bride, Peking, Penchilie province, China.

J. Thomson

Wellcome Collection

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts