18" Vntg. Carved Chinese Turquoise Knuckle Shape Bead Necklace Sterling Clasp

Description

18" Long with additional 1" drop on pendant
Natural Vintage Turquoise Beads
Newly hand knotted
7mm round fluted Sterling Silver Clasp
Beautiful Vintage Chinese Natural Turquoise Beads in a knuckle-Shape or Dogbone-shape. Newly hand knotted with large Carved Chinese Turquoise focal bead with carved stylized dragon on both sides. Necklace is finished with a beautiful and secure sterling silver fluted ball clasp. The necklace measures approximately 18" with an additional 1" Drop on the pendant. There is also one small sterling silver bead at the base of the Carved Chinese vintage focal bead.
These are all vintage stock beads but are securely hand knotted with a new sterling clasp and unworn - ready to make a special gift for yourself or someone else special. These beads are hand knotted by me and from my own collection of vintage stock beads so if you are needing a longer necklace please let me know and I might be able to accommodate your custom project.
I'm very happy to combine shipping if you would like multiples or to combine with other items.
About Hubei Chinese Turquoise:
The best Turquoise mines in China are located in the Hubei region.
For many years there was plentiful mining of turquoise in China. The best is from  Hubei Provence in central China. The quality of some Hubei turquoise rivals that of the best American turquoise and comes in a wide variety of hues. Because of concerns about mining practices the Chinese government halted turquoise mining operations.
Today there are no Chinese mines in operation and the beautiful and once plentiful Hubei turquoise has become extremely scarce and prices have skyrocketed worldwide.  Turquoise has also become increasingly fashionable and collectible in China. Outside of China it is now difficult and expensive to obtain and often limited to vintage collections.
Most turquoise is stabilized in some way with wax or resin and helps with longevity of the beads as you wear them. I'm not a gemologist and I can't speak to how these beads have been treated. They are all vintage older Chinese Turquoise.
I have a large collection of Asian, mostly Chinese beads, jewelry and other antiques that I will be listing in the next few months so please take a look at my other listings and save me to your seller list.
Please email me with questions in advance of bidding. Please send me a message if you would like to combine shipping. Ask for international shipping costs in advance. I will only ship to buyers with excellent feedback and international shipping will need to be USPS Express International and insured, unless previously agreed upon. All sales are final unless I have made a mistake or misrepresented an item in the listing. All items are in used condition unless stated otherwise. There may be slight blemishes from age or use but any major flaws will be pointed out in the description. Please see my other listings. Thank you!