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Rubellite and Jadeite Pendant, late Qing | 紅碧璽 配 天然翡翠 吊墜, 晚清

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April 28, 03:17 AM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 80,000 HKD

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Rubellite and Jadeite Pendant

late Qing

紅碧璽 配 天然翡翠 吊墜, 晚清


The pendant carved as a peach with squirrel, representing longevity, to the jadeite bead surmount, suspending from a black cord.


Pendant approximately 36.93 x 24.85 x 13.06mm.

Rubellites were one of the favorite gemstones of Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty. Squirrels, called songshu in China, shares the syllable song with pine, a symbol of longevity. Peaches also bear a strong association with longevity, including the peaches of immortality in Chinese mythology.

紅碧璽是慈禧太后最喜愛的寶石之一。在中國文化中,松鼠與松樹的「松」諧音,為長壽的象徵。白桃亦意味延年益壽,例如中國神話中,令人食後長生不老的仙桃。

Accompanied by Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory report no. KG 6194, dated 9 January 2020, stating that the rubellite is natural.