Quartz and gilded bronze necklace ‘Cloud’, Warring States period

Necklace mounted on a black braided cord. It consists of four hyaline quartz glass beads in tubular and spherical shapes, alternating with textured golden bronze spheres. As a centrepiece, it features a large pendant made of the same material and highly transparent, carved into a lobed shape reminiscent of a stylised cloud.

Quartz bead size: 4.7 x 0.9 x 7.5 cm; 2.8 x 1.4 cm; 0.88 x 1.1 cm, Gold-plated bronze beads: 1.1 cm (approx.)

Weight: 78 g

Provenance:

· Collection of Tommy Lam, Hong Kong, since 1980.