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Chinese Antique Carved Amethyst Court Beads

By Susan August 26, 2011

Amethyst is one of the most popular varieties of the quartz family… there are many ancient legends about these lovely stones.

0-Chinese Carved Antique Amethyst Court Beads

[ click on images to enlarge .... photos by: RP (Bob) Birt ]

“Formerly it was believed that amethyst protected drinkers from becoming drunk…worn as an amulet, amethyst was used as a charm against poisons" …Precious and Semiprecious Stones, Bauer and Bouska.

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But purple has always been one of my favorite colors and you can imagine how exited I was to find a string of 108 amethyst beads carved with the Shou symbol.

The carving again suggests that these are probably 18th century Mandarin Court beads …

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2 Comments

  1. 徐六官
    Posted September 16, 2011 at 7:12 pm | Permalink

    这里的物品是准备拍卖的展示么？或者是想交流交易呢！

  2. Susan
    Posted October 1, 2011 at 10:53 am | Permalink

    Google Translates: This auction items are ready to show it? Or want to exchange trading it!

    Reply: These pieces are for display and not for sale… 这些作品显示和不卖

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