Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty hollow coin silver amulet 2 fish and bats coral jade beads. Pdvs1011

Antique Qing dynasty hollow repousse coin-silver ornamental amulet featuring two fish and two upside-down bats. This double-sided amulet is identical on both sides and is suspended from a silver double-cable chain with two interspersed beads. Below the amulet, there are three red coral beads and a carved nephrite jade ornament. The amulet measures 1.5 x 1 inches, with a total length of 5 inches.

This type of ornament would have been part of a larger ritual or ceremonial piece during the dynasty period. Ornaments and amulets from the Qing Dynasty were reassembled for export in the mid-1900's in China.

This is an antique piece from the dynasty that fell in 1911. In the 1970s to the mid 1980s, Chinese workers added beads, cords and chains to these Qing Dynasty artifacts. For the most part the beads and knots attached to this amulet were added during this period. This piece came from the estate of a dealer who acquired many of these artifacts. They have become increasingly rare and today, some reproductions of much poorer quality are being produced.