Lot 38
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A GROUP OF GLASS PENDANTS, BEADS AND BELT FITTINGS

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A GROUP OF GLASS PENDANTS, BEADS AND BELT FITTINGS
18TH/19TH CENTURY

All imitating another material, including: an 'amber' double-cat group, a 'jadeite' hexagonal pendant, a 'jadeite' part belt fitting, a buff 'jade' dragon garment hook, a gray 'quartz' melon vine pendant, a white 'jade' chilong and bi plaque, a blue-green 'tourmaline' toggle, a 'peridot' finger citron pendant, a 'peridot' cap-form pendant, a 'peridot' oval garment fitting and a belt clasp and a faceted 'jewel' plaque in transparent turquoise; together with a pair of ovoid glass palm coolers--various sizes (14)
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See illustration of four

Lot Essay

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the glassworks of China produced many small objects of personal adornment; these often served as less expensive substitutes for jade, other hardstones and sometimes even semi-precious stones