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A CHINESE AMERICAN FAMILY
A VERY RARE ANTIQUE CHINESE ROSARY
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A VERY RARE ANTIQUE CHINESE ROSARY
The eighteen apple green jadeite beads spaced with four larger coral beads, 14 spacers and a fondouda, suspending a watermelon tourmaline pendant carved as a monkey carrying a bough of peaches, further suspending a tourmaline and aquamarine peapod, the cord embroidered with rows of seed pearls, Qing dynasty (fitted box)
jadeite beads approximately 11.5 mm
cf examples of such rosaries from the imperial collections published in ...... (2)
The eighteen apple green jadeite beads spaced with four larger coral beads, 14 spacers and a fondouda, suspending a watermelon tourmaline pendant carved as a monkey carrying a bough of peaches, further suspending a tourmaline and aquamarine peapod, the cord embroidered with rows of seed pearls, Qing dynasty (fitted box)
jadeite beads approximately 11.5 mm
cf examples of such rosaries from the imperial collections published in ...... (2)
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The use of beads in China is very closely associated with buddhist rosaries