704 Smiling Double Tiger Silk Chinese Child's Hat
Smiling Double Tiger Silk Chinese Child’s Hat. Traditional Double Tiger hat to scare away evil spirits and to provide courage. The bottom tiger is of black silk with extremely fine satin-stitched silk embroidery of flowers and butterflies for happiness surrounded with the tiniest twisted couched silk tread; facial features are excellent, but the “wang” sign for “king” of the animals is missing parts; The top dragon is an orange brocade also with excellent undamaged features; stripes of attached silk braids; Wang sign on forehead cotton and silk lining are fairly clean; general excellent condition; early 20th century; 19” circumference.
Smiling Double Tiger Silk Chinese Child’s Hat. Traditional Double Tiger hat to scare away evil spirits and to provide courage. The bottom tiger is of black silk with extremely fine satin-stitched silk embroidery of flowers and butterflies for happiness surrounded with the tiniest twisted couched silk tread; facial features are excellent, but the “wang” sign for “king” of the animals is missing parts; The top dragon is an orange brocade also with excellent undamaged features; stripes of attached silk braids; Wang sign on forehead cotton and silk lining are fairly clean; general excellent condition; early 20th century; 19” circumference.