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A POLYCHROME ENAMELLED GOLD-PLATED HAIRPIN (KIB) Thailand, late 18th - early 19th century? Of traditional shape, the upper end worked as a blooming lotus flower topped with a three-tiered South East Asian crown-like headdress (mongkut), each petal and level Description champlevé?enamelled in green, red and blue, the several holes on the surface once filled with gems and pearls, the lower end a tapered spike, the pin mounted on the spike a later addition, the hairpin plated in high carat gold and the pin in lower carat, 12cm long. Given its lavish decoration, this hairpin was?once probably used in the royal entourage by one of the king's concubines, and showcases the Thai goldsmiths' talent and their impeccable attention to details. The upper end is worked to imitate mongkut?headdresses, key accessories in traditional Thai dances. It is likely that hairpins similar to this would have been used by royal lakhon dancers.?Unlike the well-known kohn style of Thai dance, lakhon dances are traditionally performed by women, who, instead of having individual roles in a performance, work together and perform as a group. The costumes and stage settings are usually much more lavish in lakhon than in some of the other forms of Thai dance. Indeed, the colour or the material gold is the primary used and usually dancers wear?anap phlao (calf length trousers); richly ornate cloth strips such as hoi na (hanging from the front) and hoi khang (hanging from the side); the sangwan (jewels sashes), thap suag (dropping pendants), krong kho (an embroidered collar) and a soet / mongkut (a pointed crown-like headdress).Notes: Islamic & Indian Art