Chalcedony pendant, pale translucent beige carved as a double gourd covered with bats, on the other side a monkey and an iris plant and a bat. All the bats and the monkey's eyes are carved out of a darker inclusion.

Reverse: Chalcedony pendant, pale translucent beige carved as a double gourd covered with bats, on the other side a monkey and an iris plant and a bat. All the bats and the monkey's eyes are carved out of a darker inclusion.

THE CHINESE COLLECTION

 

 Monkey, Bats & Gourd Pendant

 

Chalcedony pendant.

P53

Chalcedony, pale translucent grey agate carved as a double gourd covered with bats, whose eyes are carved out of a darker inclusion. The other side with a monkey with eyes also carved from the darker stone and an iris plant and a bat.

Chinese, 19th Century
Attachments: Malachite bead, seed pearls and black cord
Provenance: Robert Hall collection
Robert Hall 1981
Published: Included on the exhibition poster.
Dimensions: 5.3cm high x 4.3cm wide

Zodiac sign / Monkey

 

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