The necklace composed with forty-three jadeite beads of translucent emerald green colour, to a clasp embellished with variously-shaped diamonds, the ruby and diamonds totalling approximately 1.50 and 3.50 carats respectively, mounted in 18-karat white gold. Length approximately 600mm.
Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory Limited report numbered SJ192487, dated 22 January 2020, stating the jadeite is natural, Intense Green colour, known in the trade as 'A Jade', jadeite measuring approximately ø12.83 to 10.97mm.IMPERIAL JADEITE
Jade is a symbol of elegance, auspiciousness, prosperity and longevity. The ancient Chinese imperial court and nobility considered Jade as the ‘Imperial Jade’. The prevalence of jadeite began in the Qing Dynasty, imported from Burma to the Chinese court as a tribute, its popularity soon swept across the country.
In history, countless celebrities were taking great pride in collecting and wearing jade including Empress Dowager Cixi and Soong Meiling. Cixi’s infatuation for jadeite was so famous that it was even documented in historic paintings and text. Cixi used her jadeite as jewellery but she also decorated her interiors and household objects with it. Madame Song Meiling was also renowned for her love of jadeite. Although she was deeply influenced by Western culture, her fashion stayed classical in Chinese tradition. At her 100th birthday banquet, she wore a complete suite of jadeite jewellery, including earrings, bead necklace, bangle and rings. Her elegance and grace were perfectly supported by her passion for jadeite.
Successfully crafting a jadeite bead necklace is notoriously difficult, due to the fact that high-quality large jadeite rough is very scarce, especially when the Burmese mines were restricted to minimize mining, and also because the process to churn the beads and to keep with sizing and colour is an immensely wasteful way to use the material, and is very time consuming, most modern makers are reluctant to produce bead necklaces. This makes top jadeite bead necklaces extremely rare and sought after by collectors.
We are proud to offer a jadeite bead necklace that is both beautiful to behold and very high in quality. The necklace is composed of 43 beads; the colour of the beads is uniform throughout and in deep yet vivid saturation. Each large bead is highly transparent and with very few visible inclusions. Such quality is exceptionally rare in today’s market. Moreover, in comparison to newer materials, the jadeite on the necklace is considered to come from older mines, making it finer in texture and livelier in its aura.

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