Jadeite, jade (nephrite), amber and coral necklace, qing dynasty, 104.1 cm long.
Official necklace (chaozhu), 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 02.18.924. CC0.

Necklace

Official necklace (chaozhu)

Chinese name
项链
Pinyin
xianglian
Dimensions
length 104.1 cm
Accession no.
02.18.924
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 amber, jade (jadeite), imitation coral. Its recorded length is 104.1 cm long. Accession number 02.18.924, 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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