*A GROUP OF TWO MANDARIN HAT FINIALS China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century One with a likely coral red glass bead, the other with an ivory bead, both adorned with a Shou / longevity character to the bead. H (the biggest): 5,5 Gross total weight: 142,7 grams Provenance: > Private collection; > Juan Carlos Katzenstein (1925-2018), an Argentinian Diplomat, who was an Ambassador in Beijing, China, from December 6, 1975 to January 2, 1978, and later to the Holy See (Vatican) and to the Sovereign Order of Malta from 1989 to 1991. Note: The one with a coral glass bead for the mandarins of the second rank, the one with the ivory bead likely for a sixth grade mandarin. ** Please note that this lot contains ivory and maybe coral and is subject to CITES regulations when exporting outside of the EU. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.** *一组两顶古代官吏帽饰 中国，清朝，19世纪