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LOT 1971
Chinese Green Stone Bead and Pendant Group
CIRCA 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 2 in. (131 grams total, 11-53 mm).
Comprising an openwork pendant depicting a coin flanked by fishes; two stylised courtly lady figures pierced for suspension at the rear of the head; an openwork serpent pendant; seventeen spherical beads. [21, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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