Jade Pendant as Seen in The New York Times and Town & Country

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Jade Pendant as Seen in The New York Times and Town & Country

About the Item

The spectacular carved jade pendant you see here has not been available to purchase for decades. A bit of a recluse, I suppose you could say. Nonetheless, it is something of a celebrity, having been photographed for and written about in both the December 5th, 2016 issue of The New York Times and the October 2016 issue of Town & Country magazine. The "newspaper of record" for the United States and America's leading luxury lifestyle magazine have both, independent of each other, seen fit to include this incredibly rare Burmese jadeite jade pendant within their pages. Can your pearl necklace say that? What about that diamond pendant you love so much? Your ruby Edwardian Négligée necklace? No? I can't say I'm surprised. Because high-quality jadeite always commands high-profile attention. The 2014 auction of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton's jade necklace for $27,000,000 still makes headlines. This certified natural and 100% untreated jadeite jade pendant was hand-carved from the finest translucent emerald-green Burmese jadeite in the 1920s or 1930s. Depicting stylistic foliage on both sides, the carving is a work of lapidary perfection. The lines are impeccable and this is one item of jewelry that really ought to ship with a microscope so that you can appreciate the skill that went into creating this piece. It was carved and polished entirely by hand and entirely without electricity, using a foot-powered grinding wheel and garnet dust paste. Jade is a very tough stone; harder than steel. It would have taken the artist months to create a piece this fine, where all the planes of every curve are perfectly smooth. In the reflected light when worn against the chest, this jade carving is an evenly toned and richly saturated vivid emerald green without mottling that, in a darker room, glows a luminous deep forest-green imperial green. But when you hold this jade up to a window, you see the fibrous structure of its soul; the actual grain of the rock. On one side, the lower right corner features an area of mineral concentration, probably iron. You can see a fissure in the stone itself. A fissure is not a crack but a natural feature of a stone. The carving has a bale formed from heavy gauge 24K yellow gold hand-twisted wire. The bail is then attached to a 22K (or higher) antique necklace of 2-4 mm pearls and beads of black onyx, Mediterranian precious red coral, very fine Chinese nephrite jade and luminous blueish-white pearls joined together by links made from hand-twisted wire links. This necklace is the same vintage as the jade, circa 1920s-1930s. This heirloom Burmese jadeite jade carving could be worn exactly as it is or it could become a ring of one's own creation, or a pendant set into a platinum frame and maybe accented with several natural pink diamonds or even installed inside a shadow box and hung on a wall. In the photograph of Broadway star Alice Ripley, the necklace displays its visual power even under artificial residential lighting. When one is considering a jade carving of this quality, there is no "D-Flawless, IIa diamond" equivalent because the beauty of a piece of exquisite jade is subjective. Do you prefer a darker Colombian emerald shade of "imperial" jade such as this pendant displays? Or a slightly brighter and less blue "apple" color? Do you like your jade to be richly saturated and semi-transparent, with no visible grain? Or do you require a jade piece with natural grain? Some want a carving, others a cabochon, a strand of beads, or a bangle. Jade, more than any other gemstone, speaks to you or it does not. In every way, jade chooses you. This is an infrequent opportunity to obtain an exceptional jadeite jade pendant of unrivaled quality and unavailability. This pendant ships with a certificate from Stone Group Labs stating that the jade is natural and untreated jadeite jade from Burma (Myanmar).

Stone:
Coral,Jade,Onyx,Natural Pearl
Style:
Art Deco
Place of Origin:
Unknown
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1920s - 1930s
Condition:
To the naked eye and beneath the microscope, this jade carving is without damage; no chips, cracks, repairs. Jade is unwaxed. The necklace component features minor dents to hollow gold beads.
Seller Location:
Southbury, CT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU158918066161