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A JADEITE PENDANT
619 19th/20th century
620 Pierced and carved with fruiting melon vines;
248 | BONHAMS and a jadeite bead necklace comprising forty-
three graduating beads.
The plaque 5cm (2in) long; the necklace 39cm
(15.3/8in) long.

£500 - 700
CNY4,600 - 6,400
HK$5,500 - 7,700

619 ≈
TWO AMBER AND HARDSTONE
BRACELETS
Late Qing Dynasty
The first with spherical amber beads spaced
with white metal shou beads and a miniature
skull, the tassel with multiple pink hardstone
beads; the second with amber beads spaced
with jadeite, the tassel suspending further
amber pieces. The largest: 25.5cm (10in) long
(2).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,300 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000

620 ≈
A GOLD REPOUSSÉ BRACELET
19th century
The exterior decorated with cartouches
enclosing mythical beasts on a punched
ground, with six five-character inscriptions in
seal script, the inside engraved with a single
character 美, mei, with a hinge and clasp
mechanism; together with a jadeite bangle.
7cm (2 3/4in) diam. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

Provenance
Purchased from Janssens Chinese Jewellery
Ltd. London, on 30 July 1996 (facsimile of
receipt)