19th Century Chinese Heidao Carved Beads Bracelet copper pavé set with brilliant cut

pavé set with brilliant cut diamonds

Carved Jade Monkey

each one having taken on a slightly different green/blue hue

Receiving it

19th Century Chinese Heidao Carved Beads Bracelet copper pavé set with brilliant cutDATE: Qing Dynasty, c. 1850 An astounding bracelet comprising 12 fruit pits or kernels, carved in China during the Qing Dynasty, circa 1850. Known as heidao, the art of carving nuts and fruit pits into intricate three dimensional beads flourished during the Qing period (1644 1911), with artists continually trying to better themselves and their contemporaries both. Subjects would include the Chinese zodiac, Buddha, sages, animals, scenes from nature or