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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION

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A RARE CARVED FRUIT-NUT AND TURQUOISE
COURT NECKLACE

DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO CYCLICAL BINGWU YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1846 AND OF THE PERIOD

The necklace is comprised of one hundred and eight intricately
carved nut beads depicting historical or fictional figuers, including
painters, poets and calligraphers, such as Sima Guang, Du Fu,
Qian Liu, and Yan Zhenqing. The beads are spaced by four large
apple-green turquoise beads, the fota suspends a flattened turquoise
pendant and terminates in a tourmaline dewdrop, and is further
enhanced by three tassels strung with coral beads, each terminating
in a tourmaline dewdrop.
41 Ω in. (105.5 cm.) long

PROVENANCE

Max Müller (1867-1960), German Consul to China
By descent to Irmgard Müller-Doertenback (1909-2011)

HK$200,000-300,000
US$26,000-39,000

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「道光丙午年立春」刻款

來源
德國駐華領事 Max Müller
(1867-1960) 珍藏
Max Müller 女兒
Irmgard Müller-
Doertenback (1909-
2011) 繼承
德國家族珍藏

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