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about 1920
Possibly by Lacloche Frères
Possibly by Cartier
Height x width x depth: 3 x 1.8 x 1 cm (1 3/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Platinum, white gold, diamond, and paste
Classification: Jewelry / Adornment
Culture: Probably French
Object Place: France
Accession number: 2009.4006
Description: This pendant, featuring a green paste Buddha resembling carved jade, was converted from a jabot. The Buddha, wearing a single rose-cut diamond necklace, has an openwork halo and foliate base decorated with small rose-cut diamonds. The pinstem, pendant loop, and chain were later additions.
Provenance/Ownership History: Early 20th-century, with donor's mother; by descent to present owner; gift to the MFA (Accession date: September 16, 2009)
Gift of Monica S. Sadler in honor of Jacqueline Hart Sadler