A fine Chinese Yungai Turquoise Bead, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th–19th century Seals The necklace is interspersed with

The necklace is interspersed with small ribbed gold spacer beads

a seed whose origin was in fire

lapis beads

and a gouge to the lower back

This finely crafted wooden ear spool is inlaid with an elaborate mosaic of mother-of-pearl

A fine Chinese Yungai Turquoise Bead, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th–19th century Seals The necklace is interspersed withA finely polished spherical turquoise bead from the famed Yungai, or Cloud Mountain, mine in Hubei Province, China. The surface exhibits a rich matrix of blue green turquoise veins mottled against a dark brown to black host rock, characteristic of the finest material from this now exhausted deposit. Yungai turquoise was highly prized in China from the Ming through Qing periods for its vibrant color and tight, stable matrix, often used in court jewelry