Culture or time period: Imperial dynasties (221 BC–1912 AD) / Materials: Brass (alloy) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Audience chain, accession number 9-21345, described as “Audience Chain” Four sets of 27 black beads separated by amethyst balls and strung on yellow silk cord constitute the front. Back: navy blue, stiff cord, first cased in embroidered red and white ribbon, then looped through a coin-shaped ring of brass, where they meet the lower double cord that runs through another amethyst ball as a red silk cord. Pendant starting from a third hole in this amethyst ball: three-tiered amethyst slide of decreasing width on red braided cord which runs into a black cotton braided tape (11 cm long), its other end looped through an eye in a filt-bronze plaque holding an oval turquoise. As usual, the tape-ends are secured by winding tri-colored threads around them: white - light blue - navy blue - white. Under the turquoise another black tape (16 cm long). Then a silver(?) wire ring secured by a red cord, a small crystal bead and a tear-drop shaped piece of pink quartz capped by a brass(?) bell-shaped cover. Two shoulder pendants are left on this chain. Strung on blue cords and emanating from coin-shaped rings are ten or nine, respectively, corals, the final pendants a smaller version of the pink crystal chain pendant (here grenadine and emerald, respectively). Overall length of chain: 117 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: guang xu tong bao, accession number 9-9053, described as Metal coin (brass or bronze), one-tenth of a copper, Ch'ing Dynasty 1875-1908, Diam: 15/16

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: guang xu tong bao, accession number 9-9048, described as Metal coin (brass or bronze), one-tenth of a copper, square hole in centre. Ch'ing Dynasty 1875-1908

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: guang xu tong bao, accession number 9-9055, described as Metal coin (brass or bronze), one-tenth of a copper, Ch'ing Dynasty 1875-1908; Diam: 15/16

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-9058, described as Metal coin (brass or bronze), one-tenth of a copper, Ch'ing Dynasty 1736-1796; China unspecified, Diam: 7/8

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-7030, described as Coin, iron or brass, Cash, square hole.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-11881, described as Coin, brass, China. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Reverse: two Chinese characters one at each side of square hole. Denotes Mint place. 3.8 grams.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-7029, described as Coin, iron or brass, Cash, square hole.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: xian feng tong bao, accession number 9-7028, described as Coin, iron or brass, Cash, square hole.

Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 9-21344a-c, described as Pair of scales in wood case. Brass weight (c) hanging by green silk cord from calibrated ivory or walrus-tooth beam. Bowl (a) of the same metal for pinched-off silver. Beam (also a) to be held by one of three green silk threads, according to weight of silver. Center thread with red tassel. Closure of wood case (b) with copper(?) latch; rivet also copper(?). Length of beam: 25 cm; width of bowl: 6 cm; length of case: 29 cm; greatest width: 7 cm.