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A GROUP OF JADE, CORAL AND HARDSTONE DECORATIONS
Qing dynasty
Including an one-tined white jade hairpin, zan, its slender curving
shaft supporting skillfully reticulated work depicting two energetic
Buddhist lions contesting a ‘brocade’ ball amid fluid scrolls; ten small
strings of jade, coral, turquoise, and carnelian carvings; and ten
groups of small carnelian and pit carvings each threaded to a short,
knotted silk cord together with a white jade hair pin.
8 3/4in (22.3cm) length of white jade hairpin (11).
$1,500 - 2,500

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A GROUP OF JEWELRIES
Qing dynasty and later
Including a child’s bracelet inset with pearls, jadeite and rose quartz
to exhibit a floral design; six pairs of earrings applied with lapis lazuli,
jadeite, coral, and other semi-precious stones for various designs;
two enameled metal rings, one inset with tourmaline, the other
probably with a carnelian cabochon; a green enameled metal brooch
inset with a figural plaque; and two similarly decorated jewelries, each
inset with a large central pink tourmaline cabochon, one designed as
a brooch, the other a ring.
2 1 /8in (5.3cm) width of bracelet (18).
$1,000 - 1,500

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A CORAL BEAD NECKLACE AND A CORAL AND JADEITE
NECKLACE
Qing dynasty elements
The first a necklace strung with thirty-nine various-sizes beads each
carefully ‘wrapped’ with tiny coral beads threaded with thin strings,
and capped with flower-head plaques; the second a coral and green
70 jadeite necklace adorned with eight short strings, each threaded with
tiny pearl beads, a small jadeite ‘cicada’ pendant, and other carved
semi-precious stones or coral, suspending a knotted cord attached
with additional pearl beads, a jadeite pendant, and two tourmaline
carvings.
14 3/4 and 17in (37.5 and 43.2cm) long (2).
44 | BONHAMS $2,000 - 3,000