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AN ANTIQUE JADEITE AND MILA COURT NECKLACE
Comprising 107 root amber beads of rich orange colour spaced by four bright green and white fotou beads, with the matching fotouda, and dewdrops, qing dynasty, string repaired, Jinian beads deficient, one bead missing, dewdrops re-attached
amber beads 13.9 mm, fotou beads 25.4 mm
Mila, or root amber, court necklaces were among the tribute items presented to the court of Qianlong from Guangdong, cf. pl 17, p.74, Cat. Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing court for such a necklace strung with jadeite fotou beads
Comprising 107 root amber beads of rich orange colour spaced by four bright green and white fotou beads, with the matching fotouda, and dewdrops, qing dynasty, string repaired, Jinian beads deficient, one bead missing, dewdrops re-attached
amber beads 13.9 mm, fotou beads 25.4 mm
Mila, or root amber, court necklaces were among the tribute items presented to the court of Qianlong from Guangdong, cf. pl 17, p.74, Cat. Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing court for such a necklace strung with jadeite fotou beads