A Chinese Coral, Jade, Jadiete and Hardstone Necklace

LATE 19TH CENTURY

晚清珊瑚珠配白玉、翡翠、紫晶多寶串
having a primary strand of near-spherical coral beads evenly interspersed with four white jade examples, on topped with a bottle-shaped example to form a central double-gourd form terminal, from which a reticulated jadiete and white jade figure of a rat suspend from brass chains; variously strung with ten other carved hardstone, coral, jade, and a jadeite chain-strung pendants.

Length of coral strand 27 in., 68.5.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

Approximate weight of stranded beads (including jump rings and jade beads that cannot be removed) 3 grams. Total weight 27 grams.

In good condition. Each pendant with some minor surface marks, and some coral beads with natural inclusions. The chains with varying degrees of wear to gilding consistent with use and age. Handwritten accession number to one large jade bead.

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Annie Wu

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

Flora Zhang

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Megan Sadler

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Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play

A Chinese Coral, Jade, Jadiete and Hardstone Necklace

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