Mandarin Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Mandarin Necklace by Pu Yixing. The necklace has a long, thin green cord in the center with a large green stone at the top and a large green stone surrounded by gold in the middle. There is a long green cord with colorful bands around it and a red stone at the bottom. There are also numerous strings of beads on either side. The main string of beads is made up of white pearls, with a few green stones spaced throughout. There are two shorter strings of orange beads and three long strands with various stones.