Vintage Chinese Children's Hats
Miao toddler in Shidong, Guizhou wearing Miao Tiger Hat at Chinese New Year 2005.......Vintage Han Chinese Tiger Hat
Chinese Children's Hats are from are found in two distinct large groupings both which are represented in this collection of fine handmade hats. The most predominate are the vintage Han Chinese Children's hats from four northern provinces of China including Shanxi, Shaanxi (Xian), Hebei, and Shandong. Most of these hats in the collection date from early 20th century to 1950. The hats were not found in the warmer climates of southern and central china, but the second group is found among the Miao, Dong, and Yi Minority people in the colder mountainous areas of SW China. Minority children are still wearing their protective hats today.
No matter the origin the purposes of the lovingly created hats are the same: to provide protection from evil spirits, demons, and ghosts but also to imbue the wearing with important qualities such as wealth, health, courage, academic success, happiness, long life, grace,and beauty. All of the hats are full of symbolism. An excellent source of information is Stories of Chinese Children's Hats, Symbolism and Folklore by Phylis Lan Lin & Christi Lan Lin.
#94 Small Han Chinese Child's Tiger Hat with Bells; Some lose threads; c 1920-1930; $80
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#334 White Tiger Chinese Child's hat; Excellent condition except for wear in the silk lining; Tiger stripes drawn with ink; Fine silk embroidery on sides; Shanxi Province; c 1900; $375 |
#334. 1 Side View |
#338 Majestic Tiger with Coral Bead; Silk; great condition except for silk lining wear and whiskers on left; bead may be ceramic rather than coral; Shanxi Province; c 1890; $390 |
#338.1 Side View with silk embroidery on gold foil |
#338.2 Bat emboidery representing happiness |
#336 Qing Dynasty Double Headed Chinese Children's Tiger Hat;Good condition, except some damage on the back flap; Bottom head is the Tiger with Wang, the Chinese character for king; Top creature may be lion; Shanxi Province; c 1900; $ 420 |
#336.1 Fine silk embroidery on sides and back |
#336.2 Back view with charming 3-D flower |
#315 Shidong Festival Dragon Hat; Miao Minority from Shidong, Taijiang Co, Guizhou; Silk embroidery and sequins on cotton and velvet; metal butterflies attached; 21st century; $250 |
#315.1 Side view |
#315.2 Back view |
#65 Shanxi Peony Hat; Silk embroidery on silk, gold couched threads; C 1930; $100
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#207 Silk Embroidered Summer Hat; open top, fine satin stitch embroidery;depicts some wear on the edges of the black silk hat; early 20th century; $100 |
#259 Orange Silk Tiger Wind Hat; Well drawn tiger with colorful nose; Shanxi Province; c 1920; $110
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#259.1 Side View with tail |
#226 Gold Silk Tiger Wind Hat with colorful nose; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $125 |
#226.1 Gold Tiger Side View with well preserved thunder patterned silk ribbon |
#335 Qing Dynasty Silk Scholars Hat with silver front ornament; Shanxi Province; excellent condition; c 1910; $380 |
#335.1 Back view with butterfly for happiness |
#335.2 Top view showing fine silk embroidery |
#302 Fabulous Dong Minority Festival Hat with Bird; Very well made gimped and twisted silk emboidery with fine tassels and base metal imortals; Liping County, Guizhou; c 1990; SOLD |
#302.1 Side view with silk tassels, plastic beads and metal |
#302.2 Charming bird with fish dangles representing "always having enough" |
#308 Yao Horsehair Man's Hat; Yunnan Province; traditional woven horsehair hat; some tribal repairs; first half 20th century; SOLD |
#83 Miao silk embroidered hat of velvet; applique with silver thread couching, Gundong, Liping Co. Guizhou Province; C 1970; $80 |
#83.1 Miao silk embroidery and applique; border of needle woven silk with silver strips; top view |
#232 Black Silk Elephant with embroidered nose and silver couched applique; cotton lining; Shanxi Province; Good condition; c 1930 - 1940; $125 |
#232.1 Side view of Black Silk Elephant |
#202 Miao Festival Girl's Hat; Very fine split silk embroidery some over paper cut patterns; think cotton lining shows use; Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province c 1970s; SOLD |
#202.1 Miao Festival Hat, back view; this hat was recently loaned to ABC Disney Studios for filming of Scrondrel, Season 1 |
#342 Antique Liu Hai Double Tiger Hat; Shanxi Province; a few worn areas, but basically in good condition; upper tongue has been replaced; c 1860; SOLD |
#342.1 Side view with silk embroidery on silver paper |
#342.2 Long back panel with exquisite silk embroidery from the story of Liu Hai Playing with a 3-Legged Toad
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#343.3 Top face; great character
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#330 Shanxi Pink Pig Child's Hat; Representing honesty and patience; cotton lining; c 1950; $100 |
#330.1 Side view show embroided touches
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#167 Finely embroidered silk children's hat from Shanxi Province with long back; c. 1930-1940; $180 ; SALE PRICE $140 |
#167 Long back |
#346 Yellow Silk Majestic Tiger Hat ; Good condition; Great Face; Tiger stripes created by silk braids; Shanxi Province; c 1900; $310 |
#346.1 Finely embroidered back with fish and lotus plant |
#229 Orange Silk Tiger with inked floral and insect drawings; small stuffed snake on head; silk tassel; c1930; $140 |
#284 Fantastic Dong Minority Festival Hat; Gimped and couched silk; Metal Buddhist Immortals and Bells; late 20th c; SOLD |
#284.1 Side view; base hat of purple silk |
#284.2 Back View |
#303 Zhouxi Lion's Hat; Miao Minority; Padded winter Hat with applique on black velvet; silk fringe mane; c 1960 ; $100 |
#303.1 |
#303.2
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#229.1 Drawings |
#164 Chinese Minority Tiger Hat from Yunnan Province; silk embroidered with applique features; c 1960; $100 |
#164.1 Side view |
# 241 Black Tiger Chinese Children's Hat with silk embroidered flowers on gold foil; Shanxi Province; red silk lining in poor condition; some bleeding of colors on back; c 1910; was $100 SALE PRICE $80 |
#241.1 Back view with gold couched treads and silk embroidered characters; |
# 339 Antique Tiger Hat with Lion top; Shanxi Province; silk embroidery on gold and silver foil; damage to to lining of the crown; c 1890; SOLD |
#339.1 Top head; possibly lion |
#339.2 Side view |
#339.3 Back view with exceptionally fine silk embroidery; some bleeding of colors |
#343 Double Headed Tiger Chinese Children's Hat with Flowere; fine silk embroidery in excellent condition; Shanxi Province; c 1870; $450 |
#343.1 Side View |
#343.2 Fine silk embroidered flowers |
#319 Yi Minority Parrot Beak Hat; Silk emboridery on cotton with plastic Buddhas; Wuding, Yunnan Province ; 1950-1970; $100 |
#319.1 Side view of Yi Parrot Beak Hat shows applique sections and needle weaving on the trim |
#290 Maio Minority hat; intricate silk embroidery with silver thread couching;Tingdong, SE Guizhou Province; c 1970; $80 |
#331 Mar0on Pig; Silk emroidered features on silk damask; cotton lining; Pig represents honesty and patience; Shanxi Province; c 1940; $120 |
#331.1 Side view |
#348 Rare Yi Minority Antique Silver Parrot Beak Hat; Yunnan Province; 1st half 20th century; $600 |
#297 Shidong Miao Festival Hat with Bells; Silk stem stitch embroidery of mice, birds, insects and, flowers on velvet; old "Russian lining", good condition; c 1940; SOLD
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#297.1 Side view with metal butterfly and bells |
#297.2 Back view |
#298 Colorful Miao Padded Wind Hat; Silk satin stitch embroidery of birds, flowers, insects, and fish on velvet; cotton print lining has been patched; Shidong, Taijiang Co., Guizhou Province; c 1970; $ 140 |
#298.3 Side view with commercial tuff in ears |
#298.2 Back view |
#299 Miao Gir's Hat with Immortals; Silk embroidery flowers on cotton; Shidong, Taijiang County, Guizhou; Fringe on ear worn; c 1940; $130
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#299.1 |
#299.2 Back view |
#300 Antique Wind Lions Hat; Miao Minority; Silk stem stitch embroidery of lions and fish on velvet; old cotton lining is worn in one area; Shidong, Guizhou ; c 1940; $150 |
#300.1 Side view |
#300.2 Back view |
#301 Red Yao Girl's Hat; Silk embroidery on cotton; fish, butterflies, flowers, and birds along with handmade metal attachments; Guanxi Provinc5; c 1940; $190 |
#301.1 Side view |
#301.2 Back view |
#304 Miao Girls Hat created with applique silk sections embroiderd with silk peonies, butterflies, and birds; copper sequins and silk tassles added; base is velvet lined with printed cotton; good condition; c 1977; $100 |
#304 top detail |
#305 Chinese Minority Hat; Wonderful two-needle stitch silk embroidery on satin; Fine gimped and couched white silk thread outlines; c 1970; $130
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#305.1 Side view |
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