TRADE-BEADS-ANTIQUE-OLD-PEKING-JADE-COLOR-OVOID-SHAPE

THIS IS A GROUP OF 6, UNUSUAL, JADE GREEN COLOR, PEKING GLASS BEADS, WITH AN OVOID SHAPE. BEADS LIKE THESE AND OTHER PEKIING GLASS BEADS WERE USED DURING THE MANCHU DYNASTY, 1644 TO ABOUT 1911, IN COURT STRANDS OR COURT CHAINS. LATER THESE COURT CHAINS  WERE BANNED. THE COURT CHAINS WERE BROKEN UP AND THE BEADS USED IN OTHER NECKLACES AND JEWELRY. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE SAME BEADS AS USED ON THE EARLY CHINESE SEWING BASKETS. THEY WERE ALSO USED ON SOME NATIVE AMERICAN, TRADE BEAD NECKLACES AND USED AS ORNAMENTS ON OTHER ITEMS. 6 GLASS BEADS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, ABOUT 12MM TO 15MM IN LENGTH, 9MM TO 10MM IN DIAMETER, 1.5MM TO 2MM CENTER HOLES. A NICE COLOR AND SCARCE SHAPE.  NOTE: FOR THOSE WHO COLLECT OR WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON CHINESE BEADS, THERE IS A VERY NICE BOOK ON CHINESE BEADS. THE BOOK HAS A VERY NICE HISTORY, PLUS COLOR CHARTS ON GLASS BEADS, PLUS, PICTURES OF COURT NECKLACES, AND CARVED PIT BEADS. THE BOOKS TITLE, "THE CHINESE BEAD", BY, G. B. FENSTERMAKER AND ALICE T. WILLIAMS.
   

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