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A PINK TOURMALINE PEACH-FORM TWO AMETHYST PENDANTS AND A A YELLOW JADE ‘ABSTINENCE’ PLAQUE
PENDANT ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT 19TH CENTURY
19TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY
The pendant is carved in the form of a fnger
The fattened pendant is carved as a large One amethyst pendant is carved as a larger citron with leafy, fowering branches, with a
peach borne on a leafy branch bearing and smaller double-gourd borne on a round cartouche at the center enclosing two
smaller peaches, with bats carved on each fowering leafy branch, with a bat alighted characters, zhai jie, ‘abstinence’. The reverse
side. The pendant is pierced at the top and on one side. The other amethyst pendant is is similarly inscribed in Manchu script. The
strung with seed pearls and a small emerald- carved in openwork as a squirrel between stone is of an even pale yellow tone.
green jadeite double peach-form bead. two melons borne on a leafy vine and a large
leaf at the bottom. The fattened rock crystal 1æ in. (4.5 cm.) long
1¬ in. (4.3 cm.) long pendant is carved in openwork as a peach, a
pomegranate and a fnger citron, the sanduo, $10,000-15,000
$10,000-15,000 borne on leafy branches.
清十九世紀 黃玉齋戒牌
Compare the pink tourmaline pendant similarly
strung with seed pearls and a small jade bead The largest 2º in. (5.7 cm.) long (2)
carved as two peaches sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3363. $6,000-8,000
清十九世紀 粉紅碧璽「福壽雙全」珮
清十九世紀 紫晶珮兩件及水晶珮一件
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