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.
#271 Miao Girl's Fish Hat; Rongjiang County Guizhou Province; fish represent always having plenty; c 1980; $125 |
# 217 Silk Black and Orange Tiger Hat; c 1935; $110 |
#217 Side view |
#249 Lively Painted Silk Dragon Child's Wind Hat; Head on spring; Hebei Province; c1930's; $190 |
#86 Silk Embroidered Chinese Girl's Hat; Shanxi Province; Phoenix represents 5 cardinal virtues; some wear on edges and silk lining; c1920; $90 |
#86 Back |
#255 Qing Dynasty Silk Hat; Fine Silk embroidery on Silk; cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1910; $150 |
#255.1 side view |
#255.2 Butterfly representing hoped for happiness |
#230 Colorful Dragon of silk applique with fancy tongue and good luck coin; printed cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1940; $130 |
#230.1 side |
#230.2 Phoenix appliqued with couched silver threads and silver paper |
#248 Twin-Headed Silk Dragon Wind Hat; Glass and metal beads and silk tassels and fringe; some soiling on the tourquoise trim; Hebei Province; c 1930; $190 |
#248.1 Side view shows silk embroidered flowers along the bottom |
#238 Orange Silk Painted Tiger Wind Hat with good leather facial features;Shanxi Province; 1930, $125 |
#238.1 Painted Silk Body with good silk ribbon tapes and lively tail |
#254 Bai Wedding Hat; Fine satin stitch silk embroidery; from Dali, Yunnan; Metal Buddhist |
#254.1 Front view of wedding hat with ju ju balls to frightening bad spirits; shows commercial cotton lining |
#111 Blue Silk Chinese Girl's Hat with exceptionally fine embroidery with a variety of techniques; butterfly on top; 2nd quarter of 20th century; $80 |
#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 |
#209 Extremely fine Majestic Orange Tiger Hat; Da tong, Shanxi Province; early 20th century; $350 |
#209.1 Silk embroidered tiger stripes |
#209.2 Silver couched flowers and silk embroidery on gold paper |
#263 Antique Phoenix Hat with bat representing happiness; applique, silk embroidery, and bead work; Shanxi Province;excellent condition; c 1920; $240
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#263.1 Side view |
#263.2 Back view with glass bead work |
#264 Dragon and Phoenix Hat; great Dragon character with 3 silver Immortals; Miao or Zhuang from SW China; silver couched threads; Good condition; c 1940; $150 |
#264.1 Side view of Phoenix |
 #219 Twin Dragons Silk Wind Hat; |
#219 Hebei Twin Dragons, side view; some soiling on pink silk trim |
#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 |
#256 Girl in Lotus Flower Hat. Unusual hat from Shanxi Province, Silk embroidery; long tassels; c 1920 ; $150 |
#256.1 The Girl in the Lotus
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#256.2 Back; Tassels in good condition |
#94 Small Han Chinese Child's Tiger Hat with Bells; Some lose threads; c 1930; $80
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#190 Chinese Children's Orange Tiger Wind Hat; Silk with ink drawings, nose of colorful silk wrapped wire; cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1940; $140 |
#190 Ink drawings on side and back |
#79 Han Frog Hat symbolizing longevity; silk applique with appliqued fish on back and silk embroidered butterflies on the side; red silk threads have bled as shown in photo; Shanxi Province; 2nd quarter of 20th century; $80 |
#167 Finely embroidered silk children's hat from Shanxi Province with long back; c. 1930-1940; $180 |
#167 Long back |
# 168 Auspicious Taoist Hat, silk embroidery on black silk; excellent condition; C 1920; $210 |
#168.1 side view with queue |
#160 Fully embroidered silk on cotton; Butterflies, birds, and flowers; Songtao Miao, Guizhou Province; c1970; $100 |
#262 Pink Silk Dragon; Applique flower and butterfly; Shanxi Province, c 1930 |
#262 Butterfly for longevity and happiness |
#257 Purple Dragon Hat from Shanxi Province; c 1940; $110 |
#257.1 side view |
#265 Miao Minority Girl's Hat; Silk Embroidery on velvet; Fish meaning plenty; Shidong, Guizhou; c 1965 |
#265.1 Embroidered Calligraphy: "New China..You are your own master"
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#234 Qing Dynasty Child's Hat; Very fine silk embroidered Lotus Flowers; Long silk pieces ending with embroidery; Top View; Hat body shows wear, but embroidery is in good condition; 19th c; $290 |
#234.1 Embroidered back with flowers, birds, and the Buddhist's Endless Knot with some small beads remaining. |
# 247 Painted Silk Dragon Wind Hat; Head attached to body by hand-made wire spring; Good condition; Hebei Province; c 1930; $190 |
#247 Side view of Festival Dragon
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#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 staining on back; c 1910- 1920; $100 |
#241.1 Back view with gold couched treads and silk embroidered characters; |
#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; $180 |
#202.1 Miao Festival Hat, back view |
#162 Miao Children's Dragon Winter Hats; Silk satin stitch embroidery on velvet; two similar available...made for twins in Shidong, Taijiang Co, Guizhou; c 1970's; $200 each. |
#162.1 Miao Children's Hat Back with Miao Dragons, Fish, and Birds |
#129 Han Chinese Children's Painted Tiger Hat; all cotton with applique and ink drawings;Good condition; c1950; $100 |
#129.1 Painted Majestic Tiger Hat |
# 261 Dong Minoirty Girl's Festival Hat; Rongjiang County, Guizhou; Elaborate Embroidery with silk gimped threads; good condition; c 1970; $100 |
#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 |
#188 Black Silk Tiger Child's Hat with flowers; good condition; c 1940; $100 |
#188.1 Side View |
#253 Red Silk Chinese Dragon Child's Hat; Blue cotton lining; Shanxi Province; good condition; small size; c 1945; $80 |
#253.1 Red Silk Dragon |
# 174 Evil Avoiding Eight Trigram Taoist Hat for good luck; Silk with silk floral embroidery and couched metal thread designs; silk tassels and fringe; Shanxi Province; good condition; c 1930; $140 |
#174.1 Taoist Hat side view |
#218 Black Silk Chinese Children's Tiger Hat; Applique with metal thread couching; cotton lining; good condition; Mouse in each ear; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $120 |
#218.1 Long back with silk embroidered butterflies and flowers |
#252 Double Headed Tiger Hat; silk with cotton applique; Shanxi Province; mid 20th century; $100 |
#252.1 Double Headed Tiger; top and side view |
#215 Dong Minority Ceremonial Hat from Liping Co, Guizhou Province; 8 Immortals plus of metal; very intricate twisted and pleated silk cording; pristine condition; c 1980; $275
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#215.1 Side view of Dong hat with pompoms and additional metal ornamentation
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#268 Dong Festival Hat from Ronjiang County, Guizhou Province; elaborate silk embroidery created by wrapping inner core with silk thread and pleated silk cording; c 1960; $80 |
# 222 Kuan or Scholar's Hat ; Fine blue silk satin stitch embroidery on red silk; Excellent condition; Shanxi Province; c 1920; $500 |
#222.1 Back of Kuan Hat |
#225 Lavender Elephant Silk Wind Hat; Cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1920 -1930; $125 |
#225.1 Side view including silk tape with Thunder pattern for continuity/longevity |
#258 Silk Painted Dragon from Hebei Province; worn for Chinese New Year; c 1930-1940's; $150 |
#258.1 Yellow Silk Hebei Dragon; side view |
#229 Orange Silk Tiger with inked floral and insect drawings; small stuffed snake on head; silk tassel; c1930; $140 |
#229.1 Drawings |
#210 Double Tiger Chinese Children's Hat; great embroidered tongue; good condition; Pinyao, Shanxi Province; c 1920; $275 |
#210.1 Side with 'longevity' calligraphy |
#275 Appliqued Blue Dragon on pink silk; "Shou", the longivity character on its nose; long embroidered back with metal couching: c 1940; $100 |
#275.1 side view
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#214 Charming Black Silk Tiger Hat; Great condition with silk embroidered detail, mouse in ears; c 1920; $200 |
#214.1 Side view of Black Tiger; body of gold couched thread; silk embroidered flowers on top |
#266 Dong Minority Girl's Hat; Silk with gimp embroidery; 7 Buddhist figures; C 1970; $60 |
#266.1 Back view with butterfly |
#259 Orange Silk Tiger Wind Hat; Well drawn tiger with colorful nose; Shanxi Province; c 1920; $110 |
#259.1 Side View with tail |
#270 Rare Antique Jianhe Miao Boy's Hat; Applique with shiny cloth; c1920; $190 |
#270.1 back |
#270.2 Top View |
