This Ming china pendant features a shard of genuine Ming china which 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.
 
This pendant has only sterling silver components and there is only one of this style pendant in my inventory with its specific pattern and artistic setting. I set this pendant using a sterling silver bezel strip for the setting around the china and it is on a sterling silver backing. 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 (63) as it was the sixty third item of jewelry that I created with this rare and hard to come by china.
 
The actual pendant measures 1 by 3/4 inches or 2.5 cm by 1.5 cm. It comes with a sterling silver box chain that is 18 inches or 46 cm long. (If you would prefer a 16 inch chain, please let me know on the check out page.)
 
This pendant will be tastefully gift wrapped in a box and tied with an organza ribbon.
 
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