19th Century Chinese Heidao Carved Beads Bracelet necklaces This larger scale pendant is

This larger scale pendant is fashioned from a sterling silver and single piece of carnelian agate

resting in a millegrain rub-over setting

I believe it's a King Charles cavalier

and it's particularly exciting to find such a small example

interesting Victorian intaglio ring

19th Century Chinese Heidao Carved Beads Bracelet necklaces This larger scale pendant isDATE: 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