19th Century Heidao Monkey Pendant carnelian and a bail for wear

and a bail for wear on a chain

Well proportioned and bearing French hallmarks to the outer band

Niklewicz & Matula

and dates from the turn of the 20th Century

It was made in the latter half of the 19th Century

19th Century Heidao Monkey Pendant carnelian and a bail for wearDATE: 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