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US$5,000-7,000
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A RARE SILVER AND JADE PENDENT ORNAMENT
The elaborate network of plaques suspended from a central enamelled repoussé silver plaque pierced with a design of a pair of dragons flanking a pavilion on a cloud-scroll ground, linked to a jade plaque carved in openwork with two boys amid auspicious objects, further suspending attachments from linked-chains of various carved jade plaques and silver pendants decorated with auspicious motifs and embellished with kingfisher feathers, 19th century (some losses)
Overall length 62 cm.
The elaborate network of plaques suspended from a central enamelled repoussé silver plaque pierced with a design of a pair of dragons flanking a pavilion on a cloud-scroll ground, linked to a jade plaque carved in openwork with two boys amid auspicious objects, further suspending attachments from linked-chains of various carved jade plaques and silver pendants decorated with auspicious motifs and embellished with kingfisher feathers, 19th century (some losses)
Overall length 62 cm.