Lot 2359. A finely carved jadeite pendant with beaded chain; 3½ in. (8.7 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 250,000 - HKD 350,000. Price realised HKD 560,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2012

The elongated pendant is intricately carved and pierced in the form of a gnarled tree trunk entwined by vines issuing dense lingzhi-heads with a small chilong clambering on one of the scrolls. The stone has tones ranging from brilliant apple-green to pale whitish green and darker spinach-green. It is set with a chain with green and brown beads, box. 

Provenance: Dr Nancy Hsieh, New York, acquired in Shanghai in the 1930s.

An identification report from the Gemological Institute of America confirms that the present lot is natural green jadeite.