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Width: 8 inches (20
Provenance: Collection of Mr
A round dome seal pierced through the center for attachment
lapis beads
and a gouge to the lower back
A fine Chinese Yungai Turquoise Bead, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th–19th century Seals Width: 8 inches (20A 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
