Necklace Ming amber front

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Necklace Ming amber front

Posted by Linda Pastorino on February 28, 2013 at 12:54am

first period Ming jewelry ,, is very rare , this one in silver with carved ambers, something that was a throw over from the Liao and Yuan dynasties (see my amber of same age carved and posted) This piece is encased in a silver frame and has some remaining enameling. Ming 1368- 1644 and by style and construction I would say this is earlier then the later half.

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Alaa eddine SAGID March 1, 2013 at 8:43pm

OMG!!!! Stunning

I am sure it would have been more apreciated in a better picture
Joost Daalder March 1, 2013 at 10:11pm

You are probably at least partly right about the picture, ayis. But I must admit, too, that I did not comment because I don't personally "warm" to this, even though objectively I admire it.
Linda Pastorino March 1, 2013 at 10:28pm

Not sure if I have a better one unfortunately. This is one of the few early necklaces I have had and it's a real museum piece in that you don't get alot of silver work that is archaicly similar enough to later Ching pieces. This is like the original version of many later pieces.. I had a good photo done of it and it's on a disk, this is a copy out of the publication and or some how a scan I did before the real photo ... The photos were good but the publication and seperations were done in a hurry so they all look kind of gray in the catalogue. this was ancient so the patina is what it is, and of coarse polishing it is a no no with this stuff. You will remove the mineral deposits on it.

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Necklace Ming amber front

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