Did one of the old master craftsmen who used to make intricate cloisonne beads for Qing court necklaces apply his skills for the delight of a lady? Could this be a piece from Helen Burton's 1920-30s Camel Bell shop in the Peking Hotel? So mysterious.
A Haskell-attributed necklace featuring hexagonal cylinder beads in a simpler reverse-openwork technique, where the background is filled with enamel instead of the insides of the cloisons:
The center bead, which the vendor describes as featuring birds and flowers, seems to be Canton enamel. |
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Note the fired-once concave enamel |
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The three large round beads upper left appear to be in a technique similar to the necklace beads, as does the pendant upper right. The large cloisonne cylinder may be a scroll weight? (example below) |
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What appear to be flat cloison wires, in contrast to the twisted wires used in the bead pictured above. |
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Cloisonne scroll weights with tassels. |
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