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8291 Property from the Clavere Collection, Purchased
in Beijing before 1938
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A reticulated seed, glass and bone court
150 | BONHAMS necklace, chaozhu
Late Qing dynasty
Composed of one hundred-and-eight reticulated spherical rudraksha
seeds separated by larger faceted blue glass beads with matching
reticulated blue glass plaque and teardrop pendants attached to the
blue silk cord and three subsidiary strands, each with ten reticulated
bone beads tinted to imitate coral.
40 1/2in (103cm) long
$3,000 - 5,000

Property from Another Owner

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A set of amber prayer beads, shu ju
Composed of eighteen circular beads of well-matched color,
alternating with circular spacers of carved wood or seed that
join to a central amber bead and turned conical terminal with
silk tasseled pendant that includes a rose glass vajra, blue glass
endless knot plaque and rose glass melon-form bead, interrupted
by stringed tiny pearls and orange-red paste beads (craze lines
and tiny chips from use).
5 7/8in (15cm) length of amber bead section
$3,000 - 4,000

Property from the Collection of Emmanuel Gran,
by descent

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Three scholar’s objects
19th century
Including a miniature bamboo ink cake rest of subtly curved profile,
elegantly carved to the top with a simple chrysanthemum spray, a
two-line poem, and a carefully incised cartouche reading Zhou Li
(active in Qianlong and Jiaqing periods), the reverse carved with a
landscape and an additional cartouche; the second a rectangular
hardwood box, its cover mounted with a pierced wood plaque
carved with two meiren (beauty), one holding an unfolded scroll
incised with the phrase chang chun bu lao (eternally ageless); the
third a small bamboo brush rest skillfully carved in rounded relief with
a four-line poem depicting the joy of a hermit’s scholarly life, signed,
with a cartouche.
2 1/2 x 1 1/2in (6.4 x 4cm)
dimensions of ink cake rest
$2,000 - 3,000

Property from a Northern California Estate

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A sandalwood belt buckle
Qing Dynasty
Carved in the form of an endless knot, with two stylized shou
medallions, reversed with two white bone buttons.
3 3/8in (8.5cm) long
$1,200 - 1,800