This shard of china is genuine Ming china that was found in a shipwreck off the coast of Malaysia near Singapore. Pieces of this Ming china were given to me by a friend who had scuba dived the Portuguese shipwreck. My educated guess based on when the Portuguese were in the spice, tea and silk trading, is that this Ming china is probably at least 350-450 years old. Here's an article on its origins:
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraak_ware?fbclid=IwAR036T-bBI7Sz6bCbMR-s_-gK_3ZoQcGQBE6GzyJ1FR9gESdQq6lCKDT_0o
 
This pendant has only sterling silver components and there is only one of this style pendant with its specific pattern in my inventory. I set this pendant using a sterling silver bezel strip for the setting around the china and it is within my signature style sterling silver shaped and hammered pendant. Making this pendant involved torch soldering in multiple stages as each joint was soldered. A fair bit of sawing, sanding and polishing was required to bring out the beauty of the setting. It is signed by me and numbered (61) as it was the sixty first item of jewelry that I created with this rare and hard to come by Ming china.
 
The actual pendant measures 1 1/4  by 1 1/4 inches or 3.8 cm by 3 cm. It comes with a sterling silver box chain that is 18 inches long. (If you would prefer a 16 inch chain or an 18 inch black silicone necklace that looks like leather cord please let me know on the check out page.) 
 
This pendant will be tastefully gift wrapped in a box with a ribbon.