Antique Chinese Hardstone Hand Mirror

An utterly magnificent and impossibly rare antique jewelry chest from Japan has time-traveled over one hundred years (circa 1900-1920) and arrive...

This opera-length (33") nephrite jade necklace is exactly like the one your Chinese great-grandmother wore or maybe still does wear. Those of us without a Chinese great-grandmother must make do with whatever treasures we can find. And this is one of those found treasures. A proper old-school Chinese nephrite beaded necklace...

Created just after the turn of the century (circa 1917), this gilt silver jadeite and tourmaline drop necklace was created in China for the export market. Intricately detailed wirewo...

Created by hand between 1910-1920, this 21" strand of natural, untreated, Burmese jadeite jade possesses an ethereal, luminous beauty. Though they have been classified as "pale green...

Note the smooth surface of the white nephrite jade (Mutton Fat), and how light drapes over the curves. Look closely: the lapidary artist who created this ma...

Elegant, rare, and dating to the late Qing period (circa 1890s), this hand-carved nearly colorless white nephrite plaque has been etched on both sides. One one, the Chinese mythological figure known as Zhang Guo Lao is depicted riding a mule. On the opposite side, a magpie sits on a branch of cherry blossoms. The magpie is associated with intelligence. The carving is breathlessly simple and excellent; the work executed -of course- without the aid of electricity or modern tools. Measuring 42.54mm x 29.92mm, the plaque has a hole drilled through the center, which is original to the piece. A silver bail is threaded through the hole and a pair of beads -black jade and coral- reside at the bottom. The jade plaque hands from a 1920s silver chain that is 32" in length. Prior to the discovery of and appreciation for the very fine green jadeite from Burma, colorless, opaque, pure white nephrite jade from the Northern mountains of China was the most revered jade; the original "imperial jade, as only members of the royal court could wear or even touch it. Most of what is commercially sold today as "mutton fat...

Unusual Antique silver hand mirror, London,1880, Robert Humphries. The front of frame designed with intervals of cherub cupids amidst rosett...

This is a Museum piece, an Edwardian Silver and Hardstone-mounted Snuff Box marked for Aide & Lovekin Ltd., Birmingham, 1908, from the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. ...

A fine antique Mexican sterling silver hand mirror. In sterling silver. By Gustavo Martinez (in the style of Matl or Matilde) Set throughou...

Antique Chinese cloisonne enamelled bell, with gilt gold details and a jade striker This wonderfully little bell strikes a charming tone, and makes a lovely present for that treasur...

A fine antique jade mounted as a magnifying glass. In the form of a Ruki shaped hairpin. The glass is framed in a silver tone metal and supported wi...

Set of 2 900 silver repousse hand mirrors by Turan of Turkey. 2 small hand mirrors in a floral repousse design. One features a round mirror, the oth...