中国古代极为罕见的绿松石猫珠护身符前博物馆收藏品

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