19th Century Chinese Heidao Carved Beads Bracelet necklaces resting in a millegrain rub-over

resting in a millegrain rub-over setting

English import hallmarks

and it's particularly exciting to find such a small example

This larger scale pendant is fashioned from a sterling silver and single piece of carnelian agate

at the bottom of the obverse side

19th Century Chinese Heidao Carved Beads Bracelet necklaces resting in a millegrain rub-overDATE: Qing Dynasty, c. 1850 An astounding bracelet comprising 12 fruit pits or kernels, carved in China during the Qing Dynasty, circa 1850. Known as heidao, the art of carving nuts and fruit pits into intricate three dimensional beads flourished during the Qing period (1644 1911), with artists continually trying to better themselves and their contemporaries both. Subjects would include the Chinese zodiac, Buddha, sages, animals, scenes from nature or