19th Century Heidao Monkey Pendant love token Understated and elegant

Understated and elegant

It's beautifully constructed from cut-out sheets of rose and yellow gold

3mm (not including jump ring)

handmade in England in the 1820s

Tops are latter additions (but still antique)

19th Century Heidao Monkey Pendant love token Understated and elegantDATE: 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