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Jade amulets : historical notes with coloured illustrations and interpretations of the most characteristic forms

" Delightful, colorful promotional pamphlet issued by the famous London department store; provides brief history of jade, high esteem of by Chinese, several paragraphs on mineralogy, prized colors, motifs employed in the carvings, symbolism, and a last paragraph describing a Mandarin rosary and its origin."-​-​Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 3950 (different ed.).

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