A CHINESE CARNELIAN AMETHYST AND JADE ‘COURT’ NECKLACE QING DYNASTY the necklace comprised of one hundred and eight carnelian beads spaced with three large jade beads the lower part decorated with a jade bead suspending a flattened jade disc and a gilt metal mounted amethyst drop with three further strings of jade beads suspending similarly mounted amethyst drops in a lacquer doughnut-shaped box and cover 186cm long Provenance: Swiss Private Collection of Chinese Jades: sold for the benefit of Mission Bambini. See lot 23 for further information on the charity.