QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Apart from tourmaline, rosaries were made of a variety of precious and treasured materials, such as jade and jadeite, lapis lazuli, coral, ruby, turquoise and fragrant wood. Comparable examples may be found in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Qingdai Fushi Zhanlan Tulu, Qing Dynasty Costume Accessories, 1986, nos. 65-71. Compare also the tourmaline and aquamarine rosary sold at Christie's Hong Kong, The Imperial Sale, 30 April 2000, lot 626.