Beautiful ancient Chinese turquoise bead talisman made in the 1st millennium BC during the reign times of Han and Western Zhou dynasty. It depicts a cat in sitting position with precisely carved details and holes for suspension. Talisman has undergone a professional cleaning process to highlight the beautiful natural blue-green color of the gemstone at the same time, without removing all the originally preserved earth sediments and signs of patina on its surface.

*** MUSEUM EXHIBIT ***
Artifact was exhibited in Southeast Asian Gold Museum (in Budapest, Hungary) for 6 months in 2013 with other ancient bead talismans from the collection of former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat, researcher and well known collector Dr. István Zelnik.

In traditional Chinese culture cats represented wealth, purity, scholarship, balance and harmony. Talismans with their images were worn for luck, good health, as well as protection against evil spirits in everyday life.

Dimensions: 18 mm (W) x 12 mm (D) x 16 mm (H)

Excellent condition - intact, well-preserved

ARTIFACT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY:

* Modern jewellery cord ended by clasp
so that artifact can be worn.

* Certificate of Authenticity document with all
information about the artifact and its photos.

Document is providing the owner of this object
its lifetime authenticity warranty.

PROVENANCE:
The item was purchased by our company from a very prestigious Belgian auction house in 2023.

Previous ownership history:

- H.E.B.L. private collection
(former ambassador in China)

- Dr. István Zelnik private collection

* Dr. István Zelnik is a former highly ranked Hungarian diplomat, researcher, author of more than 30 essays, albums and books about Southeast Asian art, politics and economy. He is also a well known collector who owns one of the largest private collections of Asian art in Europe with more than 80 000 objects including more than 10 000 gold artifacts, jewellery and ritual objects (it is considered as one of the 3 most important private gold collections in the world).

- Prestigious H.V.P. auction house
collection from Belgium, Uccle

Beautiful ancient Chinese turquoise bead talisman made in the 1st millennium BC during the reign times of Han and Western Zhou dynasty. It depicts a cat in sitting position with precisely carved details and holes for suspension. Talisman has undergone a professional cleaning process to highlight the beautiful natural blue-green color of the gemstone at the same time, without removing all the originally preserved earth sediments and signs of patina on its surface.

*** MUSEUM EXHIBIT ***
Artifact was exhibited in Southeast Asian Gold Museum (in Budapest, Hungary) for 6 months in 2013 with other ancient bead talismans from the collection of former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat, researcher and well known collector Dr. István Zelnik.

In traditional Chinese culture cats represented wealth, purity, scholarship, balance and harmony. Talismans with their images were worn for luck, good health, as well as protection against evil spirits in everyday life.

Dimensions: 18 mm (W) x 12 mm (D) x 16 mm (H)

Excellent condition - intact, well-preserved

ARTIFACT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY:

* Modern jewellery cord ended by clasp
so that artifact can be worn.

* Certificate of Authenticity document with all
information about the artifact and its photos.

Document is providing the owner of this object
its lifetime authenticity warranty.

PROVENANCE:
The item was purchased by our company from a very prestigious Belgian auction house in 2023.

Previous ownership history:

- H.E.B.L. private collection
(former ambassador in China)

- Dr. István Zelnik private collection

* Dr. István Zelnik is a former highly ranked Hungarian diplomat, researcher, author of more than 30 essays, albums and books about Southeast Asian art, politics and economy. He is also a well known collector who owns one of the largest private collections of Asian art in Europe with more than 80 000 objects including more than 10 000 gold artifacts, jewellery and ritual objects (it is considered as one of the 3 most important private gold collections in the world).

- Prestigious H.V.P. auction house
collection from Belgium, Uccle

Name of object
Gamle kinesiske ekstremt sjældne turkis katteperler Talisman-amulet EX MUSEUM KOLLEKTION
Oprindelsesland
Kina
Stand
Fremragende
Dynastisk Stil/Periode
Zhou-dynastiet (1100-771 f.Kr.)
Proveniens
Galleri / Antikvitetshandler
Tilskrivning
Original
Sold with stand
Nej

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Fast shipment! And perfectly packaged. Triple A!!

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Marco67

Très bel objet. Emballage parfait. Merci beaucoup (et vivent les libertés et la Nation Polonaise!)

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Rospars

Très bel objet de qualité avec certificat et papier officiel, très bien protégé, envoi rapide. Merci beaucoup

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user-cb25b79

I am happy with the TsaTsa”It is precious to own such an old object.

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annalen

Goede en vriendelijke service met aanvullende documenten

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user-0c96d13

Beautiful item, as described. Well packaged and fast delivery.

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user-3856475

Envoi parfait bien protégé, communication au top et objet conforme. Vendeur au top 👍

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user-5f24eca26b09

Preciosa tableta de la antigüedad, muy bien balada y con su certificado de autenticidad y anteriores propietarios, muy recomendable este profesional de lo antiguo.

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Rendben lezárult a megrendelés, azt kaptam, amit a képeken és a leírásban láttam, köszönöm az ügyletet, ajánlom az eladót!

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user-3fc63b4f2ca4

Lovely item with certificate of authenticity , very carefully packed, quick delivery. A nice touch is the inclusion of a standard.

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Iulianus

thank you for nice greetings and beautiful faience

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user-90218523fc43

Absolutely phenomenal care when packing and the speed of the delivery was amazing! Could not be happier, thank you.

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user-62dfb5d903be

Conforme à la description. Emballage parfait.

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PhilippeMarchal1

Everything's fine. Serious seller, reliable and available for clarification. Good packaging with adequate shipping

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user-05cda74

Meine Erfahrung mit dem Verkäufer war sehr positiv. Auch die Zusammenarbeit beim Versenden des Objektes war sehr gut.

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Fast shipment! And perfectly packaged. Triple A!!

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