Kim Bài of Emperor Bảo Đại's eldest daughter, Princess Phương Mai. Red gold plaque with scalloped corners and slightly arched sides, with repoussé and chased decoration of Buddhist Sauvastika, symbolizing eternity and favor, encircled by irradiating stars in relief set around the rim, the central cartouche bears, repeated on each side, five sinograms defining the princess's hierarchical positionHOÀNG TRƯỜNG NỮ - CÔNG CHỦ, meaning "Eldest daughter of the Emperor". Pendant in the form of an Annamite knot, adorned with three jade pearls to which are attached three pearl bangs, two coral, one mother-of-pearl.
51 x 41 mm, gross weight: 25.49 g
Provenance: collection of H.I.H. Prince Bảo Long, Binoche sale at Drouot, June 3, 1996, no. 7.
Born in Dalat on August 1, 1937, Princess Phương Mai married the son of Marshal Badoglio, 2nd Duke of Addis Ababa, and died in Louveciennes on January 16, 2021.
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