Specializing in Fine Antique Vintage Jewelry & Collectibles. 1920 Deco 18k Gold Carved Dragon Blue Lapis Lazuli Chinese Bracelet! These prices come from GIA recognized Gem Guide , THE wholesale price guide for dealers. These values do not dictate what a piece is worth. This is the price a piece would be worth if stripped down and melted to its bare materials. This beautiful Bracelet hails from the great Art Deco Era circa 1920 and is a gorgeous Chinese Export. China during the Art Deco Period was the premiere place to get carved jewelry and hand made gold work! Chinese jewelers during the Art Deco Period were the finest in the world. They were world renown for the hand made craftsmen type of work that they created. Only the richest of the rich could afford this beautiful jewelry and the cost of transporting it to Europe or America. The bracelet is made out of gorgeous 18k yellow gold and features Blue Lapis Lazuli carvings throughout the piece! The Lapis in this piece is beautifully cut into oval shapes and features a beautifully carved surface. Each gem is beautifully hand carved to look like a stunning dragon and features a gorgeous Blue color with black and gold inclusions that create a stunning color pattern! The carvings are beautifully detailed with the dragons head, and body visible and are in great condition. Between each lovely Lapis Lazuli carving there are two beautiful glass gems! The glass is beautifully cut into a lovely round shape and show cases a gorgeous sparkle that is designed to look like a diamond! Each glass is beautifully prong set inside of the gorgeous yellow gold work and compliments the Lapis Lazuli carvings perfectly. The gold work in this piece is entirely hand made out of high karat 18k yellow gold and features a lovely design. The design includes a beautiful yellow gold setting for all of the Lapis Lazuli gem stones and the glass as well. The piece features lovely yellow gold chain links that connect each piece together perfectly with an elegant style. The bracelet is finished off with a 18k yellow gold push in clasp that works perfectly. The clasp includes a safety pin for added protection to your investment and is decorated with a gorgeous Kanji design. You do NOT want to miss out on this gorgeous bracelet! Complete with high quality gold work and beautiful Lapis Lazuli carvings this bracelet will turn more than a few heads at your next dinner party, dont miss out! Main Stone Carat Weight/Color/Clarity. Accent Stone Carat Weight/Color/Clarity. Sizable by Your Local Jeweler. The bracelet is 7 inches long. Due to the age of some of these pieces some items will not be stamped. The National Stamping Act was not enacted until 1906, before 1906 jewelry was not legally required to have a karat mark. This is one way to date items prior to the Art Nouveau time period. All of our jewelry is verified and guaranteed though an x-ray florescent-spectrometer test. This test conducts and determines the exact alloy content within the metal without damaging the piece like scratch and acid testing. Please be aware if you take an item to be tested by a jeweler, jewelers use scratch testing and electronic testing. These methods are only accurate 50% of the time, these are cheap, ineffective, and damaging ways to test to gold purity of an item. The XRF requires specialized training in order to correctly read the results. Rest assured that what you are receiving is 100% accurate. Item(s) must be sent back in original condition. If you plan to take your item to a jeweler please visit one with a specialized field in estate jewelry. Most jewelry stores work with new/modern designs and on rare occasion are asked about vintage items. Chain jewelers are NOT a reliable source to date a piece of jewelry unless they are specialized with estate items. Aumia sees more antique and vintage jewelry pieces in one day than the average jeweler sees in years. Please take your time to find a qualified, and reputable antique dealer if you would like a second opinion. We do not undervalue items or mark them as gifts. We started out in the jewelry business knowing individuals who were in the smelting business. As we watched these smelters melting new, vintage, & antique 100+ year old jewelry for the metal value, we cringed!! We thought that there must be a way to save this special and once in a lifetime type of jewelry instead of melting these wonderful items. We started to set up at trade shows and other events to sell to people. I’m glad we did, you can get just as much interaction with people over the internet as you can face to face. We love all of our customers and love the quick messages anybody likes to send our way! We try to offer a variety of jewelry from Rings, Necklaces, Pendants, Brooch’s, Gold & Silver. We also offer Native American Jewelry, Art Deco Jewelry, Victorian Jewelry, Antique Chinese Jewelry and so much more! We try to post a mix of each variety every week. We found our niche! Because of our great loyal customers and new ones every day you are helping us provide our future and the large contributions we donate to our Rotary club to help eradicate polio and create women empowerment projects in Nepal. We both heavily believe in helping others and creating wonderful new opportunities internationally and domestically. Aumia has provided us our future and love towards our passion. We can’t see ourselves doing anything else. It is something new every day. We treat people with the utmost respect and customer service is our main priority. We hope we have given you some insight to who we are and our passion for this industry. Check our page for more fun information! So much of this stunning vintage and antique jewelry is being melted, lost, or broken over time. It is a shame to see quality items destroyed. With us we are bringing them back to life with new homes. Featuring quality pieces that will show off nicely and all unique. All of our jewelry is stunning examples of quality workmanship that can be cherished from home to home. We know that vintage jewelry may just bring back memories of cherished ones or from special moments. Memories are what last a lifetime and these pieces will help bring them back. So do not pass something up if it will make you remember and bring a smile to you and to others. Any type of personal information is shredded and recycled properly to protect your identity. In 2013, our customers helped fund an annual Christmas party in Nepal for an orphanage that my non-profit sponsors. We would love to share! Thank you for taking the time to read this. The item “Antique C. 1920 Deco 18k Gold Carved Dragon Blue Lapis Lazuli Chinese Bracelet” is in sale since Tuesday, July 21, 2015. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Fine\Art Nouveau/Art Deco 1895-1935\Bracelets”. The seller is “aumiagoldandsilverjewelry” and is located in Fort Collins, Colorado. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Metal: Yellow Gold
- Metal Purity: 18k
- Main Stone: Lapis Lazuli
- Style: Tennis
