California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 December 15, 2017  December 15, 2017

 Lot # 5024 
AN AGARWOOD AND JADEITE COURT NECKLACE    清 沉香翡翠朝珠 外層裹布


  • Dimension: Diameter of bead: 15 mm
  • Estimate From: $3500
  • Estimate To: $6500

The necklace is composed of one hundred and eight agar beads of dark tone wrapped with cloth, spaced with three mottled white and green jadeite 'Buddha head' beads, and a two-part double-gourd pierced jadeite bead (fotouta), a similarly carved flat oblong jadeite plaque suspending a green jadeite drop pierced with dragons, and three strings of lapis lazuli beads suspending similar gilt-metal-mounted coral drops. Qing Dynasty period.