As early as 2,000 years ago,
Lingnan people put glass beads
With carnelian, agate, crystal,
Amber, gold, silver and other beads
Strung up and hung on the item,
Or wear it on your wrist as a decoration.
Most of these jewels come from overseas,
It is the Lingnan region and overseas countries
Important material evidence of the extremely prosperous transportation and trade exchanges.
Take a look at these gorgeous jewels today.
The name of this piece is called
"Amber coal essence, agate, garnet, carnelian, fiance, beading".
This bead string with a complex and somewhat mysterious name,
With a typical Western style.
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It is an organic gemstone, also known as coal jade.
Coal essence is very rare in the world,
It has a fine, no grain, light and tough, dark and shiny.
The black beads in the photo are coal essences.
This melon-shaped bead is typical of the West Asian style.
What is Fions?
In fact, it is transliterated from "faience".
It is a synthetic material,
It is generally believed to refer to the original glass,
It is the predecessor of glass,
It is similar to glass in appearance and raw materials.
The main difference between Fience and real glass
It is the difference in process flow and firing temperature.
Fiense's firing temperature is low,
At about 1000 °C (the temperature at which glass is fired is 1700 °C).
And the difference in process flow is more obvious,
Its production process is first formed and then sintered,
Unlike glass, which is first melted and then formed.
Amber of the Han Dynasty
The vast majority of raw materials come from the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and Myanmar.
Amber samples extracted and analyzed from Han dynasty beads in Guangzhou,
The characteristics of high iron content are consistent with Burmese amber,
This suggests that these amber raw materials may have come from the Hukang River Valley in northern Myanmar.
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Hanle Fu's "Peacock Southeast Flight" describes Liu Lanzhi,
"The waist is like a stream, and the ears are bright and moonish."
The bright moon here is the ear long.
Ear is a kind of traditional earrings in the mainland,
It is mainly characterized by large ends and a tucked waist in the middle,
The vast majority of central perforations,
Wider at both ends or ends,
Flared mouth.
The wearer needs to pierce the earlobe first,
And stretch the ear holes wide,
Wear the ear into the hole,
Because the ends are thicker than the center,
After wearing it, it is not easy to slip off.
This bead string comes in different shapes and colors
Agate, crystal, gold, jade, glass, amber beads,
Bright and eye-catching, it contains a variety of cultural factors.
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Only 3 pieces of 12-sided welding bead gold balls were unearthed in the Guangzhou area.
Some experts believe that
The golden ball embodies the metalworking techniques popular on the Mediterranean coast,
It is an extraterritorial treasure imported to Lingnan through maritime traffic trade.
This exquisite jewelry artifact attracts a large female audience,
Today, there is no lack of fashion.
Pictures of visitors in the exhibition hall
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Text丨Chen Hongxin
Compile丨Information Center
Audit丨Li Fei