One of a Kind in a Series of Six
Created ca. 2010.
Made with:
An antique Chinese mother-of-pearl gaming piece, carved, pierced and incised with decorative motifs. One of a handful I found long ago at a curio market in Beijing. It’s hard to see in these images, but the main motif on the mother-of-pearl gaming piece might represent a tortoise. In ancient China, tortoises symbolized longevity, immortality, and cosmic order. Then again, it may be just a decorative motif.
A hand fabricated and oxidized sterlng silver bezel.
Oxidized sterling silver beads stitched into small spherical and oval shapes and attached to oxidized sterling silver stems.
A nickel silver pin assemblage.
Weight:
Lightweight.
Dimensions:
1 3/4” wide x 4 3/4” tall x 3/8” deep.
Additional Information:
I will sign the back before shipping.
Be sure to wear a small white rubber stopper (included) on the pinstem each time you wear this piece to prevent it from falling off. The clasp is very secure, but seatbelts, scarves and airport screening areas have a way of causing the clasp to rotate and open up.
Natural striations in the mother-of-pearl plaque make it more luminous than it would be otherwise.
There is a slight (natural?) fissure toward the bottom of the mother-of-pearl plaque but I do not think it poses any kind of issue.
One of a Kind in a Series of Six
Created ca. 2010.
Made with:
An antique Chinese mother-of-pearl gaming piece, carved, pierced and incised with decorative motifs. One of a handful I found long ago at a curio market in Beijing. It’s hard to see in these images, but the main motif on the mother-of-pearl gaming piece might represent a tortoise. In ancient China, tortoises symbolized longevity, immortality, and cosmic order. Then again, it may be just a decorative motif.
A hand fabricated and oxidized sterlng silver bezel.
Oxidized sterling silver beads stitched into small spherical and oval shapes and attached to oxidized sterling silver stems.
A nickel silver pin assemblage.
Weight:
Lightweight.
Dimensions:
1 3/4” wide x 4 3/4” tall x 3/8” deep.
Additional Information:
I will sign the back before shipping.
Be sure to wear a small white rubber stopper (included) on the pinstem each time you wear this piece to prevent it from falling off. The clasp is very secure, but seatbelts, scarves and airport screening areas have a way of causing the clasp to rotate and open up.
Natural striations in the mother-of-pearl plaque make it more luminous than it would be otherwise.
There is a slight (natural?) fissure toward the bottom of the mother-of-pearl plaque but I do not think it poses any kind of issue.
