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Mandarin Court Beads

Posted by Kathleen McCabe-Elsey on May 19, 2010 at 4:12am

"The court necklace was worn by Qing dynasty officials at court, Chao zhu are normally formed of 108 matching beads divided in four sections of 27 beads separated by three larger beads called jiezhu, and one other larger bead of gourd-shape also called the “Buddha’s head” bead, which hangs on the back of the garment." The design is influeneced by the Buddhist mala.

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Ethnic Embellishments October 14, 2011 at 5:22am

These look like Peking Mandarin court beads.
Kathleen McCabe-Elsey October 14, 2011 at 5:48pm

Hi Hillary, Yes, they are - I updated my description.

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