Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • Collection
  • Collection Research
  • Past Exhibitions
  • Watch / Listen / Read

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Festive headdress (dianzi) for an empress or an imperial consort with phoenixes and flowers ,

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chinese

Title

Festive headdress (dianzi) for an empress or an imperial consort with phoenixes and flowers

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Silver (?) and copper-alloy with gilding,
  • kingfisher feather,
  • jadeite,
  • imitation pearls (?),
  • coral,
  • glass,
  • tourmaline (?) ,
  • rose quartz (?); frame: metal wires with black and green silk floss and black satin

Techniques

  • Silver (?) and copper-alloy with gilding,
  • kingfisher feather,
  • Jadeite,
  • imitation pearls (?),
  • coral,
  • glass,
  • tourmaline (?) ,
  • rose quartz (?); frame: metal wires with black and green silk floss and black satin

Dimensions

15.2 cm (6 inches)

Type

  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

37.125

Festive headdress (dianzi) for an empress or an imperial consort with phoenixes and flowers

Exhibition History

Shimmering Beauty

December 20, 2025 - June 7, 2026

The Applied Image

March 11 - June 21, 1998
No Image Available

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Hatbox (lid)

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Interior Tray
No Image Available

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Hatbox

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Wedding Headdress (dianzi)
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Festive headdress (dianzi) for an empress or an imperial consort with phoenixes and flowers with the accession number of 37.125. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Main Navigation

  • Visit

    • Hours & Admission
    • Accessibility & Amenities
    • Tours & Group Visits
    • Visitor Guidelines
  • Art & Design

    • Collection Research
    • Collection
    • Past Exhibitions
  • Join / Give

    • Become a Member
    • Give
  • Exhibitions & Events

    • Exhibitions
    • Events
  • Watch / Listen / Read

    • The Latest
    • Publications
    • Articles
    • Audio & Video

Footer Secondary Navigation

  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use
Tickets
Homepage
Go to the risd.edu homepage. This link will open in a new window.