For your consideration a rare antique Chinese gorgeous rock crystal carved “SHOU” beads with black onyx beads necklace.

The necklace is fabulous rare Stunning antique Chinese Natural Quartz Rock Crystal Hand carved "SHOU" bead circa 1890-1900 late Qing Dynasty probably from the Mandarin Court.

This Necklace is from my own collection of Antique Gemstone bead necklaces. These were purchased at New York antiques shop over 20 years ago .

The necklace is strung and knotted in the traditional manner with black silk thread.
Lovely vintage black onyx and antique rock crystal carved with the shou - longevity pattern.
The "Shou" beads are deeply carved with such precision and intricacy. 
The rock crystal reflects the light perfectly and is of superb quality as they have great clarity.
The necklace is strung with 7 large SHOU beads in two size (18mm and 25mm)and 14 large black onyx beads in two size ( 18mm and 21mm).

This stunning and very valuable necklace is at its original 19”inches length with silver ball bead clasp in 16mm.

An extremely elegant vintage Chinese jewelry piece!

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