California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 13, 2015  June 13, 2015

 Lot # 5756 
A 'SOUTHERN-RED' CARNELIAN AGATE AND JADEITE COURT NECKLACE    清 原裝南紅瑪瑙朝珠一套


  • Dimension: Length: 45 1/2 in (115.6 cm) Beads: 108
  • Estimate From: $40000
  • Estimate To: $60000

The necklace is composed of one hundred and eight carnelian 'southern-red' agate beads of impressive reddish-orange tone spaced with three jadeite beads of mottled white and green jadeite 'Buddha's head' beads, and a two-part double-gourd jadeite bead suspending a white-green mottled jadeite pendant and terminating in a dewdrop-shaped tourmaline bead, enhanced by three strands with composed of turquoise beads, each terminating with filigree-silver mount encasing ruby and sapphire drop respectively. Qing Dynasty period.


此朝珠由一百零八顆南紅瑪瑙圓珠串聯而成。顆粒大而圓,色澤紅而美。三枚記總和一枚葫蘆頭用翡翠琢磨而成。其余穿飾則用紅寶石、藍寶石等名貴珠寶精心打造。材藝雙美,配飾齊全,為清代朝珠中的極品。