Re: The Oriental circlet in its current formation Archived Message
Posted by mauriz  on November 16, 2016, 9:59 am, in reply to "The Oriental circlet in its current formation" |
Beth, the perspective in the Getty photo (and the semi-transparent bar with their signature) is misleading. The tiara still had 11 arches in 2005. But there's clearly an additional lotus(?) flower element between the two arches in the back, which probably was not in place when QEQM wore the tiara in its open form. Edit: On closer inspection the semi-transparent bar and the photo's perspective was deceiving me as well! The small leather belt marks the gap between the two back arches and I actually don't think there's a lotus flower element in between.
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