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Posted by: beadiste Post Reply
10/31/2015, 11:45:42

Last year there an assortment of Chinese beads appeared at auction, including what appeared to be old court necklace beads, a scroll weight, filigree necklace, cloisonne pieces...

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/25260684_lot-of-early-chinese-cloisonne-jewelry

And then what seem to be three matched beads from this lot appeared on eBay. They just arrived yesterday. They seem to be the older style of cloisonne, using silver enamels that were fired only once and not ground or polished. 23mm hole-to-hole.

Florence has a necklace of small beads in this technique. There's a post about these somewhere here, but I also featured them in my blog if you want more pictures -

http://www.beadiste.com/2015/01/puzzling-evidence-rare-deco-chinese.html

I'm guessing these are from around World War I-1920s, when there were still older court necklace craftsman around who could work in small detail on things like beads? [The Qing dynasty ended in 1912]

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Flat Wire Cloisonne & Twisted Wire Court Beads Size Comparison
Re: Hey! Guess what I found? -- beadiste Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: beadiste Post Reply
10/31/2015, 12:02:36

What seem likely to be old court necklace beads, showing the use of twisted wire, transparent blue and purple enamels, and traces of gilding. Vs. the flat wire cloisonne beads.

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Similar boxes stamped "CHINA"
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Posted by: beadiste Post Reply
10/31/2015, 19:59:12

The beads seem to share design and enamel characteristics with boxes like these.

The "CHINA" stamp appears on stuff from 1890 to possibly the 1970s, however.

What's your guess? 1920s or 1970s?

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A second box
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Posted by: beadiste Post Reply
10/31/2015, 20:01:22

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Re: Hey! Guess what I found? -- beadiste Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: jrj Post Reply
11/05/2015, 12:58:53

Thanks for the post, Beadiste!



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