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A CARVED JADEITE PRAYING MANTIS, AGATE AND DIAMOND CLIP BROOCH, BY ETCETERA
The semi-translucent mottled green material well carved as a praying mantis perched on a foliage spray, joined by a line of diamond-set rondelles, to a carved agate cicada, mounted in 18k white gold, overall length 14.5 cm, mantis approximately 67.17 x 17.20 x 27.00 mm
With jeweller's mark for Etcetera
With certificate no. JC29598 dated 18 March 2005 from the Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory stating that the mantis is natural jadeite and no polymer is detected
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This jadeite pendant with its naturalistic carving of a praying mantis perched on a spray of leaves, represents the culmination of a more than 4000 year old tradition of hand carved jade. In the nineteenth century, the popularity of Burmese jadeite resulted in the development of a new style of the jade carving in Guangdong and Suzhou, the jade carving centres of China at that time. This new school of carvers fully exploited the toughness, glassy texture and brilliant colour veins of the new material to make pieces like this pendant, with its slender legs and freely moving hoop. Such virtuous carving carried on into the early twentieth century after which machine carved and polished jade began to dominate the market.
cf The Baur Collection Geneva, for a similar jadeite pendant on a linked chain.
Ex-Ionides Collection sold in Spink
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Please note that the estimate for this lot should read: HK$160,000-240,000 (US$20,000-30,000)