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QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A SMALL TOURMALINE PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Delicately carved in openwork with a shrew clambering over two ripe melons borne on leafy stems, the stone ranging from a bright pink tone detailing the shrew to a rich yellow tone to highlight the fruit
1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm.) wide
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Delicately carved in openwork with a shrew clambering over two ripe melons borne on leafy stems, the stone ranging from a bright pink tone detailing the shrew to a rich yellow tone to highlight the fruit
1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s from the Marcel Griffon Collection, Nice, France, who was a prominent dealer and collector in Middle Eastern, African and Oriental art from the 1930s to the 1960s.
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