清 粉红玉朝珠
朝珠，清代朝服上佩带的珠串，挂在颈项垂于胸前。其形制与佛家的念珠相似。由一百零八颗粉红玉珠贯穿而成，每隔二十七粒穿入一青金石圆珠。将朝珠一分为四，寓意四季轮转。朝珠顶首设“佛头塔”，其后用阔丝带系坠子，末端再系青金宝石，是为“背云” 寓意「一元复始」，“佛头塔”两侧缀有三串小珠，每串小珠十粒，名为“纪念”一月中的上、中、下三个旬期。佩戴时一侧缀两串，另一侧缀一串，两串者男在左，女在右。朝珠是清朝礼服的一种佩挂物，挂在颈项垂于胸前。皇帝祭祀，会根据不同节气时令佩戴不同颜色材质的朝珠：祀天以青金石为饰。清代命官或命妇也会佩戴朝珠，但需文职五品、武职四品以上，且对材质、样式、佩戴都有极其严格的规定，故后代传世品寥寥。
Qing Dynasty, A Pink Jade and Tourmaline Court Necklace, Chaozhu
Composed of one hundred and eight pink jade beads, separated evenly by spaced interval of twenty seven beads with four larger lapis lazuli beads, jiezhu, ‘connecting beads’, the central jiezhu connected to a two part double-gourd shaped fotou, ‘Buddha head’, suspending the beiyun, ‘back cloud’, weighed down by three strings of smaller blue jade beads suspending similar lapis lazuli drops.
Diameter: 23 in (58.4 cm)
Length: 53 in (134.6 cm)
Weight: 724 g