A GOLD AND IVORY BRACELET**
QING DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
COMPOSED OF ONE LARGE AND TWO SMALLER OVAL PLAQUES, EACH CARVED WITH FIGURES IN A GARDEN LANDSCAPE MOUNTED IN GOLD AND JOINED BY FILIGREE LINKS DECORATED WITH BIRDS AND ENTWINED SNAKES, CONTAINED WITHIN A FITTED IVORY BOX, WITH APPLIED SILVER MONOGRAMMED PLAQUE
7.1/8 IN. (18.1 CM.) LONG
Lot Essay
A SIMILAR BRACELET BUT WITH TORTOISE SHELL PLAQUES IS ILLUSTRATED IN CHINESE JEWELLERY AND GLASS, SPINK & SON LTD [EXH. CAT.](LONDON, 1989), P. 46, NO. 82