405a SOLD Old Tibetan Hair Ornament from Tibet

Sold to a discerning Antique Art-Lover

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Antique Hair Ornament of a Tibetan woman with a stone set in the centre in a tibetan silver base.

Leather strings for fixing it onto the hair.

The stone appears to be amber but this has not been tested in a laboratory.

Superb rare piece of jewelry

The stone is estimated to be from the early 20th century

The photo of the Tibetan woman taken on a trip to Tibet is illustrative and shows how such a piece is worn.

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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