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Middle Eastern Silvertone Box. This beautiful fused glass, hand crafted box was originally from Kuwait and brought here where I purchased it. One large fused glass top piece and four smaller glass cabs around the bottom piece. Measures 1-3/4" in diameter. The bottom inside is lined with purple material as is the top inside. New condition.
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M379 Price: $24.00
Jade? (sold to me as such) Bangle Bracelet for a child from China but not marked. I'm not a gemologist so I can't say this is Jade for sure. It measures 2-1/4" across the inside and is about 1-/4" thick. Beautiful piece in excellent condition.
BU095 Price: $20.00
Vintage Handknotted Chinese Cloisonne Bead Necklace with Elephant. This is not for the faint of heart or dainty lady. This is a huge impressive necklace and weighs approx. 5 oz. 10mm white Cloisonne beads with brick, blue, turquoise and yellow, etc. flowers with gold wire design. The elephant measures 2-3/8" x 1-1/2". The clasp is brass with a filigree design. Very good condition.
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 NU708 Price: $82.00
Vintage Hand Knotted Chinese Cloisonne Bead Necklace. The beads have a black background with pink, yellow and white flowers with green leaves. The clasp is filigree push in marked silver. The strand measures 17" long and is in excellent condition. Cloisonné first developed in the Near East. It spread to the Byzantine Empire and from there along the Silk Road to China. Chinese Cloisonné is arguably the most well known of all the varieties of cloisonne and enamel making.
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NU706 Price: $37.00
RARE 19th Century Chinese Coral Enamel KingFisher Necklace. Small 1mm Coral Beads woven in tubular peyote stitch with 2 Red Peking Glass Beads 7mm with a gilt pendant in the form a lantern? decorated on both sides with kingfisher feathers with a coral bead and kingfisher drop. There is some loss of Kingfisher feathers and the tubular beads have been roughly sewn together as it must've broken at some point. The tube of coral beads measures 21". From the Peking Glass Beads to the end of the last drop measures 5-1/2" long. Ornaments like these one were worn by women in the Mandarin Court and were symbols of wealth and status. Costly materials the coral imported from Italy, the rare feathers... the intensive labor, all combine to make this fragile beauty as rare and desirable as it was 150 years ago. For 2,000 years, the Chinese have been using the iridescent blue feathers of kingfisher birds as an inlay for fine art objects and adornment, from hairpins, headdresses and fans to even panels and screens. While Western art collectors have focused on other areas of Chinese art including porcelain, lacquer ware, sculpture, cloisonné, silk and paintings, kingfisher art is relatively unknown outside of China. Called tian-tsui (“dotting with kingfishers”), kingfisher feathers are painstakingly cut and glued onto gilt silver. The effect is like cloisonné, but no enamel was able to rival the electric blue color. Blue is the traditional favorite color in China. The finest pieces of kingfisher art were reserved for royalty or high-ranking Chinese government official (called a "mandarin (bureaucrat)"). Sadly, the usage of kingfisher feathers resulted in the mass slaughter of many kingfisher species.
Kingfisher art as a high art form came to an end during the Chinese revolution in the 1940’s.
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Vintage Chinese Gold Mesh Purse Pendant decorated with Enamel Champleve Butterflies and Flowers on both sides. I've not seen another like this and have searched for months on information as to age and technique. This is so detailed! there are two enamel blue clouds at the top of the design, a butterfly and a floral design underneath. on the sides are blue flowers. The purse measures 1-3/4" x 1-1/4" x 1/2" wide across the bottom. There is a gold ring and a bail at the top. No chain. Excellent condition.Pictures do not show the beauty of this. The gold is brighter.
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NU704 Price: $124.00
Vintage Persian Nomadic locket necklace with semi-precious stones. The stones might be carnelian, I'm not sure but there are seven of them. The locket measures 1-1/2" in diameter with a depth of about a half inch. There are dangling beads on the bottom. Silver lightweight metal with a floral motif on the back. The pictures will show you more than my words. Chain measures 24". Very good condition.
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NU595 Price: $28.00
Vintage Malachite Silver Open Worked Filigree Leaf Pin marked Sterling Handmade Israel. Nicely crafted intricate filigree detail to the setting. Odd shaped stone. Measures 2" x 3/4". Excellent condition.
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PS880 Price: $30.00
Antique brooch from the Middle East or Central Asia. Master craftsmanship on this brooch with cut out detail work; the center circle is a lion with a sword, the second surrounding circle is a cut out feather like motif, and the last outer circle consists of cut out animals such as lions, boars and elephants. Since elephants are found in India... the thought is that this might be it's origin. The pin arm extends 3/8" past the edge of the brooch. This pin is in near excellent condition - slight wear line to the lion on the center front and a few spots on the underside. I have no information on this piece - I certainly wish I did! It measures 2-1/16" in diameter and is somewhat domed. It is not marked and I'm not 100% sure of the metal content..
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PU486 Price: $42.00
Made in Israel 925 Pin/Pendant (has loop for chain) set into a gold wash over sterling filigree setting. Bezel set, I believe this is Malachite and it's a gorgeous stone. Measures 1-3/4" x 1-3/8". Excellent condition. Safety clasp.
PS401 Price: $35.00
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