Chinese pearl court necklace, ChaoZhu beads. 19th C., Qing Dynasty court necklace comprised of well strung 108 natural round shape pearls accented by four larger carved Tourmaline beads bordered with smaller blue agate beads. Encircled toward the center Fotou connecting to a golden-yellow ribbon suspending oval shaped filigree mounted with oval Tourmaline pendant, bordered with two Fu-bats shaped carved jadeite, followed by the central back-cloud (BeiYun) Turquoise blue agate gourd shaped pendant. Additional three strings of ten red Tourmaline beads each suspending a similar blue agate pendants, with butterfly enamel works bead cap. The Pearl ChaoZhu Necklace accompanied by an silk covered hard cushion lidded box.Height:44 in in