Carved Lapis-Lazuli Chinese court necklace, ChaoZhu beads. 19th C., Qing Dynasty court necklace comprised of well strung 108 natural round shape lapis-lazuli beads accented by four larger carved agate beads bordered with smaller green jadeite beads. Encircled toward the center agate Fotou connecting to a golden-yellow ribbon suspending oval shaped agate pendant, followed by the central back-cloud (BeiYun) quartz crystal gourd shaped pendant. Additional three strings of ten agate beads each suspending a similar quartz crystal pendants, with floral bead caps before the jadeite beads.Measurements: 47" L