Sale 2180
Hong Kong
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2 November 2004
Price realised
HKD 101,575
Estimate
A PAIR OF JADEITE PEAPOD AND DIAMOND EAR PENDANTS Each set with a jadeite peapod of glassy material, suffused with brilliant emerald green streaks to the bright green ground, suspended from a circular-cut diamond and jadeite bead line surmount to a white gold hook, 5.8 cm long, peapods approximately 25.28 x 10.95 x 5.14 and 25.28 x 11.00 x 4.80 mm (2)
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With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase