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Sapphire censer, vase and box inlaid with rubies

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Two strings of 18 tourmaline beads with jadeite and pearls

Two strings of 18 tourmaline beads with jadeite and pearls
Each bead bracelet is stringed with 18 tourmaline beads.

Gold watch chain with jadeite pendants

Gold watch chain with jadeite pendants
The link-by-link gold chain has a ring on one end, which is a movable buckle connecting the...

Dragon-head-shaped belt hooks of jadeite with hydra design

Dragon-head-shaped belt hooks of jadeite with hydra design
The hooks are shaped like a ruyi and engraved with hydra patterns, with the head resembling that...

Qing Dynasty
Censer:  Height: 10.5cm, diameter of foot: 6.5 * 8.9cm
Vase:  Height: 11.8cm, diameter of mouth: 2.6 * 1.9cm
Box:  Height: 3.2cm, diameter of mouth: 6.7cm, diameter of foot: 3.8cm

Created after a bronze ware style, the rectangular-mouthed censer has a cover with an oval knob. The belly and the cover surfaces are carved with halberd and phoenix patterns. There are dragon-shaped ears on both sides of the censer, with the dragon's eyes inlaid with jadeites and rubies. The rim of the censer mouth, the upper rim of the foot, and the dragons'ears are ringed with rubies. The vase has a flat body, a straight mouth and a flat bottom. The shoulders are decorated with carved ring-holding beasts in relief and the neck is engraved with a hornless dragon embedded with rubies in both eyes. The belly is ringed with two lines of rubies, with carved dragons in between. The box is round, with ruby-inlaid patterns of lotus petals raised on top of the cover. The cover and the box are both ringed with a line of rubies.

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