An amber and jadeite court necklace, chaozhu

The necklace is composed of one hundred and eight amber beads of honey tone separated by three jadeite 'Buddha's head' beads. The lower part is decorated with a double-gourd and a jadeite bead (fotouta), and a flat oblong jadeite plaque ('beiyun') suspending a green jadeite drop.

Catalogue notes: Similar amber and jadeite chaozhu, bearing three further strings of beads, were sold at: Christie's Paris, 21-22 June 2016, lot 225; Christie's New York, 17 September 2015, lot 644; and Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, The Lizzadro Collection, lot 892.

Condition: the necklace is missing the three secondary pendants and has been restrung; a few amber beads with fine cracks and natural inclusions and irregularity to the material; a crack to one jadeite bead; the beiyun possibly replaced.