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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A RARE CARVED FRUIT NUT AND TURQUOISE COURT NECKLACE
DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO CYCLICAL BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1846 AND OF THE PERIOD
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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 fictional figures, 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 1/2 in. (105.5 cm.) long
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 fictional figures, 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 1/2 in. (105.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Max Müller (1867-1960), German Consul to China
By descent to Irmgard Müller-Doertenback (1909-2011)
By descent to Irmgard Müller-Doertenback (1909-2011)
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