6676 | AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND IMPORTANT JADEITE BEAD, DIAMOND AND RUBY NECKLACE

AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND IMPORTANT  JADEITE BEAD, DIAMOND AND RUBY NECKLACE

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Final Price: RMB 30,000,000



Composed of forty-one jadeite beads of intense green color and good translucency, diameter measuring approximately 12.84-13.34 mm, diamond and ruby clip all mounted in 18K gold, diamonds weighing 0.46 carats in total, rubies weighing 4.37 carats in total, necklace approximately 54.5 cm long
National Gemstone Testing Center, 2020, report no. P-HPLB2308, natural Fei Cui necklace

China is a country that loves and worships jade. Since ancient times, jade has played an important role in Chinese traditional culture and has a history of more than 8000 years. Chinese people regard jade as the crystallization of heaven and earth. Therefore, jade is also known as "the stone of heaven". The jadeite culture centered on jade is broad and profound, which is the essence of Chinese traditional culture. It not only represents the worship of heaven and earth, but also symbolizes beauty, integrity and knowledge.
Generally speaking, the beads of jadeite bead necklace are round balls, which means perfection as well as immaculacy. It is very difficult to find the full color, round and immaculate jade bead necklace. Although the style of the bead necklace seems simple, it is very difficult to cut a whole string of beads from the stone to form a necklace in series. A string of the best jadeite beads necklace requires the original stone to have most uniform color bands, plus no grain, no crack and little inclusions. The design and production process requires advanced technology, and the proportion of raw materials needed is relatively large. To make a jadeite bead necklace, the amount of the raw stone often reaches tens of kilograms. Other than that, the cutting risk is very high, that is why jadeite bead necklaces are a luxurious jadeite collections.
The jadeite bead necklace selected for the 15th Anniversary Auction is composed of large and round natural jadeite beads from Myanmar. It is uniform in color, fine in texture, full of green and bright like water. It is one of the top-level jadeite bead necklaces.