each raised from sheet metal and composed of a semi-circular bowl of five ridges engraved and stippled with flowers and bamboo, and divided by a low rib, above a down-curved brim terminating in a finely rolled rim, below peaks worked from applied plates, cut as twin quatrefoil arches, with each series of arches embossed with flanked lingzhi sprays, one of the helmets retaining its additional decoration, freestanding and applied to its brim by wires, a large phoenix, with wings outstretched, descending on a flower, flanked by a small dragon and an a further bird, both with some soil encrustation, one helmet with patches of green encrustation (some losses),
each raised from sheet metal and composed of a semi-circular bowl of five ridges engraved and stippled with flowers and bamboo, and divided by a low rib, above a down-curved brim terminating in a finely rolled rim, below peaks worked from applied plates, cut as twin quatrefoil arches, with each series of arches embossed with flanked lingzhi sprays, one of the helmets retaining its additional decoration, freestanding and applied to its brim by wires, a large phoenix, with wings outstretched, descending on a flower, flanked by a small dragon and an a further bird, both with some soil encrustation, one helmet with patches of green encrustation (some losses),
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