[Canaanite tourmaline flat square]
Canaanite tourmaline flat square, clear, 29.8 cm long and 2.9 cm wide. The old collection of the Qing Palace
Bianfang is the favorite headdress of empresses in the Qing Dynasty. Manchu women have a special hairstyle called two heads. The flat side is used to connect and fix the ornaments of this hairstyle. There are many kinds and quantities of Bianfang in the Qing Palace. This flat square is made of ganoderma, and is flat and rectangular. Ganan incense is agaric, also known as Chenan incense. Ganan means “monastery” in Sanskrit. It is produced in South Asia and can be used as medicine. It is often used as a rosary bracelet for worshipping Buddha. The flat square is surrounded by gold filigree inlaid with echoes, and is arranged with emerald carved clouds and pink tourmaline bats, showing the rhythm of flow and change, and is also lively in Hualizhong
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