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A LADY'S ANTIQUE AMBER BEAD, JADEITE, CORAL, TOURMALINE, ROSE QUARTZ, RUBY AND SAPPHIRE LADY'S COURT NECKLACE
Of one hundred and eight amber beads with three pale apple green jadeite bead spacers, suspending three coral bead tassels each terminating in a sapphire drop, a tourmaline drop and a spinel drop, to a pale apple green jadeite foudoda, a translucent jadeite plaque carved with a fan amidst foliage and a rose quartz terminal, Qing dynasty
Overall length 126.0 cm.
This court necklace, around a third smaller than the usual size was worn by the wives of Mandarins, who were required to wear court dress denoting their husband's rank to official functions
Of one hundred and eight amber beads with three pale apple green jadeite bead spacers, suspending three coral bead tassels each terminating in a sapphire drop, a tourmaline drop and a spinel drop, to a pale apple green jadeite foudoda, a translucent jadeite plaque carved with a fan amidst foliage and a rose quartz terminal, Qing dynasty
Overall length 126.0 cm.
This court necklace, around a third smaller than the usual size was worn by the wives of Mandarins, who were required to wear court dress denoting their husband's rank to official functions