THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
TWO AGATE PENDANTS
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TWO AGATE PENDANTS
19TH CENTURY
One of Suzhou type depicting a cicada on a leafy foliage spray, very finely carved and hollowed, an inscription on one side cut from the brown skin (bruise and small chips to underside); the other a chalcedony agate pendant cleverly carved using the brown areas of the stone to depict three melons and the whiter areas to depict the surrounding leafy foliage and a butterfly
2 1/16 and 1 7/8in. (5.2 and 4.7cm.) across (2)
19TH CENTURY
One of Suzhou type depicting a cicada on a leafy foliage spray, very finely carved and hollowed, an inscription on one side cut from the brown skin (bruise and small chips to underside); the other a chalcedony agate pendant cleverly carved using the brown areas of the stone to depict three melons and the whiter areas to depict the surrounding leafy foliage and a butterfly
2 1/16 and 1 7/8in. (5.2 and 4.7cm.) across (2)