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Sales Gallery Closed for Summer

By Susan July 27, 2010
Sales Gallery Closed for SummerIt is time for us to take a break from the cyber-store and have some holiday time. The Sales Gallery will be closed until October 10th. We will still be getting our email but because we will be traveling part of the time, I am not sure how long it will take to reply. I [...]
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Chinese Silver Jade Bracelet with Granulation

By Susan July 15, 2010
Chinese Silver Jade Bracelet with GranulationThis is an early Chinese Export Silver bracelet …  with a large beautifully carved jade flower centerpiece (4.5cm in diameter). It is obvious that the jade carving is unusual and striking… But it is the setting that I really love… an example of granulation work which sometimes appears in Chinese pieces. Granulation is a metalwork [...]
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Chinese Mandarin Court Necklace Fodouda

By Susan June 22, 2010
Chinese Mandarin Court Necklace FodoudaIn my 07-08-15 Chinese full Court Necklace post, I commented: "The Mandarin Court Necklace is the goal of the serious collector." There must have been some very serious collectors, because recently a Chinese Emperor’s Court Necklace sold for over 8 million dollars (US) at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong …. This sale has created [...]
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Special ‘Bits and Pieces’ Sale

By Susan June 8, 2010
Special 'Bits and Pieces' SaleBeginning Thursday, June 10th, we are having a very special sale… it is time to clean out the bins and trays from the spring show season, so we are offering items that we would not normally list in our gallery. During the special sale, we will be listing over 35 items, all under $300.00 and [...]
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Chinese Export Silver Bracelet Box

By Susan May 31, 2010
Chinese Export Silver Bracelet BoxWhen is a box not a box? ….. Answer: when it is seven bracelets and a lid. Another great example of the ingenuity of the Chinese artisan. The bracelets are silver vermeil set with gemstones; serpentine, rock crystal, amethyst and carnelian with blue enamel leaves… two of the gemstone bracelets are attached to the box,,, [...]
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Chinese Silver Lapis Buddha Ring

By Susan May 19, 2010
Chinese Silver Lapis Buddha RingThis is a lovely old lapis carving… two melons with the prunus blossom surrounded by silver rope and leaves… but this is also a ring that has a secret! Actually, it has two secrets… it opens to reveal a small lapis Buddha set in hand tooled silver and opposite the Buddha there is engraved a [...]
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Chinese Silver Six Dragon Bracelet

By Susan May 11, 2010
Chinese Silver Six Dragon BraceletIn the West, the dragon is sometimes associated with danger and fear… the opposite is true in the East. The Chinese dragon is good natured… a symbol of male energy, fertility… he is the highest ranking animal in China. "Dragons are meant to be awe inspiring as they represent the collective forces of nature", Patricia [...]
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Chinese Smoky Quartz Necklace

By Susan April 27, 2010
Chinese Smoky Quartz NecklaceI came across this lovely 19th century Chinese smoky quartz carving many years ago. As I mentioned in my post on the Silver Carved Amethyst bracelet, stones in the quartz family are very difficult to carve… so it is rare to find a pendent of this quality. This is another work of art by a [...]
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