19th Century Heidao Monkey Pendant star sapphire and opens to reveal enamelled

and opens to reveal enamelled pips and a round locket compartment inside

Well worth checking out)

Bath - now known as Mallett Antiques

the head and band are a later marriage (circa 1880)

19th Century Heidao Monkey Pendant star sapphire and opens to reveal enamelledDATE: Victorian, c. 1850 Known as heidao, the art of carving nuts and fruit pits into intricate three dimensional beads flourished during the Qing period (1644 1911), with artists continually trying to better themselves and their contemporaries both. Subjects would include the Chinese zodiac, Buddha, sages, animals, scenes from nature or legend, and they would typically use apricot kernels, peach, coquilla, or olive pits, walnuts, or myrica rubra