This Mythical beast/lion and fish pendant is made of less silver content, Miao Chu silverwork from China Miao Tribe, it is from pre-1950s, worn during ceremonies and festival, please ask for more photos and enjoy browsing our gallery.....
This is an antique Chinese Gilt Silver Hairpin with a cicadas insect !! It is in good condition, please look carefully, pre-1900. Thank you for looking......
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Vintage Black Enamel SB Silver Earrings stamped: Sterling Amita Japan. Super glossy black enamel lacquer niello finish with chased engraved leaves and scrolls as if the "sgraffito" or "scraffito" method was used to create the designs. 1 1/4" X just under 1". Slight less shiny areas...
Beautiful antique silver bracelet from Himalayan region, my best quess is Nepal. Six Lapis Lazuli stones set in convex curve with etched leaf design that covers the background of the bracelet. Hinge and pin opening gives easy on and off usage.
Nice weight, no marks, width is 1.25 inches, each stone is .5 inches by .75 inches, nice weight, excellant condition, no dings, no dents
This old vintage brass pendant has a seated Buddha detailed on the front with good stone work.
The back of the pendant depicts a double has dorjie.
Measured on the diagonals...2.5 inches x 2.75 inches.
This a Chinese Beadwork Hear Gear / Head piece used by Noble Chinese lady in olden time in the Chinese Tradition, as what we can see depicted in the chinese painting of previos dynasties...it was made with tiny glass beads in pre-1910s or earlier.....this piece is very much intact and collourful flora pattern .....the cloth at the back is very old and worn...pleasw look at the extra photos carefully before bidding
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A very unique and old Intan /diamond brooch of Peranakan Jewellery , of the bird and flora pattern , nice piece of artwork for a talking /identity piece
This is a good sample of pelangi rainbow bead from middle eastern from 14th BC , very nice study piece
A natural color jadeite peach & bat pendant
This is an old Jade pendant, the Prune is symbol of longevity. Shipping USD8 worldwide by SAL
A set of kerongsang brooch for the Kebaya
This is a very fine carving / incribing of Goddess of Mercy and a whole paragraph of scripture /nice tiny calligraphy skills, ith gold is 916 real gold, made by local goldsmith, the stone is soap stone is called the famous shou shan shi.
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This is an old silver wrapped buckle with Jakut a kind of stone which is similar to crude diamond stone(intan), used by the indonesian ethnic group, good condition except scratches and some stone drop off, please inquire and ask for more photos....
This antique pair of earrings are from the Miao Chinese Ethnic minority
The original "wires" are a bit thick and buyer may want to change them to accomodate contemporary pierced ears...
Assumbed to be low grade silver which was typically used in old China...
the cubes have the same decorative elements on all 4 sides...each cube has a series of drop dangles hanging from the bottom
full length of earings 2 inches ....not including the wires
This a an old gilt Hairpin used by Indonesian ehnic group during 30s, it is of flora pattern, in good condition and please ask for more detail photos. Thanks
The shape of this antique pendant is a Dharmachakra or "wheel with 8 spokes", which is one of the eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism. Eight oval shaped turquoise surround a ninth turquoise stone, with each stone set in a silver bezel on a silver backing. When mined, turquoise is a soft stone, and all old stones were set into a bezel for protection. Later stablization processes were used so that bezels were no longer required...
Late 1900s
This carved jade pumpkin is suspended from a braided green silk cord embellished with jade and hardstone beads and white jade leaves. The length is adjustable by pulling the white beads at the top. The overall length is about 13 inches. The pumpkin carving is:
Diameter: 1 in., Thickness: 3/8 in.
A very fine Chinese Gilt hairpin from late Qing, very intricate and fine work with flora and bird, underlying material is silver then gilding done in those era.