Glass necklace, qing dynasty, 66.7 cm long.
Court necklace, 18th–19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 62.30.2. CC0.

Necklace

Court necklace

Chinese name
项链
Pinyin
xianglian
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
length 66.7 cm
Accession no.
62.30.2
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 glass, berries, silk. Its recorded length is 66.7 cm long. Accession number 62.30.2, gift of Alice Boney, 1962.

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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