VINTAGE Burmese JADEITE DRAGON Pendant 65cts shops cj49

Vintage carved Burmese jadeite pendant weighing 65 carats, with a detailed carving on the front - the motif is a coiled dragon, sitting atop an intricately carved bowl. The dragon's body is pale green, the head is gray, and the bowl is swirled fine colored green and black. There is a hole up at the top for hanging purposes. The dimensions are 40 x 24 x 6.5 mm. This is a small piece but carved with intricate detail and high polish all around. The material is untreated.

We 100% guarantee this exquisite carved pendant to be natural untreated vintage Burmese jadeite. The photos are a bit dark, but the colors are fairly accurate. The piece is quite bright under normal lights.

The dragon is the fifth in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac sign. The Dragon is important in Chinese culture because the Chinese people consider themselves as its descendants. In ancient China, the dragon was imbued with divine power, and was a symbol of of authority, dignity, honor, success, and luck, The Chinese Emperors took the dragon symbol as their own.

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I sold many such magnificent vintage carved jadeite pendants through the Smithsonian Institution's museum shop and mail order catalog during the 1980's and shops they were also featured in trunk shows at Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue during this same time period.

You'll never see beads like this nowadays at your neighborhood "gem show"!

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