Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

283 A Chinese nut and glass chao zhu , Qing Dynasty, 19th century composed of eighty-eight carved nut beads, divided at evenly spaced intervals with a blue glass Buddha’s head bead, the blue glass fota suspending a blue ribbon divided by an oval jiepai (connecting plaque) of pierced blue glass and suspending a conforming teardrop- shaped pendant, the necklace enhanced by three blue strings of jinian , ‘reminder’, each composed of ten carved and coral- pink stained bone beads weighed down by teardrop-shaped blue glass drops, approximately 102cm long R60 000–80 000 284 A Chinese jade bangle the stone of mottled dark green tone with grey inclusions, approximate inner diameter 6,5cm ; and another, of celadon green tone with grey and brown inclusions, approximate inner diameter 6cm (2) R8 000–10 000 285 A Chinese famille verte chao zhu covered box, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century cylindrical, with central aperture, the cover decorated with ducks and other birds, with red-glazed sides, 20,8cm diameter R12 000–15 000 283 284 285 102