Court Beads
Manchu Rank Symbols in the Náprstek Museum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6012391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helena Heroldová (National museum – Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and AmericanCultures, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-106 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Náprstek Museum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0231-844X • E-ISSN: 2533-5685 |
| Publisher | Národní Muzeum (National Museum, Prague) (PUBLISHER • CZ) |
| DOI | 10.2478/anpm-2019-0017 |
| OpenAlex | W3000280555 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Court beads worn with formal dress represented one of the symbols of social standing of the Qing dynasty aristocracy and officialdom. The appearance of court beads and material used for their production were prescribed in the 18 th century encyclopaedic work The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court. Nowadays, court beads are found in antiquities markets and in museum collections. The Náprstek Museum in Prague also keeps a small collection distinguished from the several tens of pieces of Qing dynasty formal dress, dress accessories, and other signs of social rank, the number of these items are surprisingly few. In order to answer the question about the scarcity of the objects, the origin of the collection has been studied
Archaeology · Aristocracy (class · Art · Business · Combinatorics · Order (exchange · Paraphernalia · Political science · Politics · Rank (graph theory · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Mathematics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |