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AN AMBER AND JADEITE COURT NECKLACE, CHAO ZHU
Lot 2070VARIOUS PROPERTIES

AN AMBER AND JADEITE COURT NECKLACE, CHAO ZHU

19TH CENTURY

Closed18 September 2015

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USD 16,250

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AN AMBER AND JADEITE COURT NECKLACE, CHAO ZHU
19TH CENTURY
The necklace is composed of 107 amber beads of even dark tone spaced with three mottled white and green jadeite 'Buddha's head' beads, thirty coral beads, a double-gourd-form jadeite bead (fotouta) and mounted oval jadeite pendant from which hang three metal filigree-mounted teardrop pendants of aquamarine, amethyst and jadeite.

Private collection, Maine, acquired in the 1940s.

Specialist note

The Qing court necklace was an essential part of court dress, indicating both rank and season, with different materials required for different ceremonies. The materials and form of the mandarin necklace were strictly codified in the Qing Huidian Tukao, written in the early Qing dynasty, and also in the Huangchao Liqi Tushi, compiled during Qianlong's thirtieth year (AD 1767). Linked to the Buddhist rosary, the complete necklace was composed of one hundred and eight beads separated into four sections of twenty-seven beads by larger 'Buddha's head' beads, and hung with three strings or tapes which hung down the back.

A similar amber and jadeite court necklace from the Lizzadro Collection was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 892.