Silver and glass necklace, qing dynasty, 118.1 cm long.
Official necklace (chaozhu), 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 02.18.878. CC0.

Necklace

Official necklace (chaozhu)

Chinese name
项链
Pinyin
xianglian
Medium
Silver, Glass
Dimensions
length 118.1 cm
Accession no.
02.18.878
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a necklace in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated by the museum to the Qing Dynasty. The recorded medium is rose quartz, agate, glass, silver, and silk ribbon. Its recorded length is 118.1 cm long. Accession number 02.18.878, gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902.

This description is a direct summary of the museum's own record, not an independent assessment. It is awaiting editorial rewriting; the facts it states are the ones the holding institution asserts.

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