“The Emperor’s Beads” … these are the only beads that have ever made me cry … I bought them online four years ago… and when I opened the package I found out that Customs had opened the box – unwrapped the beads and had broken 21 beads… I was so upset that I put the box in the back of the closet and didn’t look at them until a few months ago.
[ click on images to enlarge …. photos by: RP (Bob) Birt ]
“Yellow was the color associated with the Emperor ”… Chinese Art, Welch.
I am thinking about ways to restring the remaining beads. They are rare porcelain and hollow and yellow – you can see from the fragments how thin the porcelain is… hence the term "eggshell".
These are the most amazing beads that I have ever owned …
