Yellow translucent, Antique Peking Glass beads. 10mm Pkg 4. b11-yo-1041

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Antique Chinese glowing translucent lemon yellow wound ."Peking Glass" beads. Early 1900s. Being handmade, each bead varies slightly in shape and size.10mm 1.2mm stringing hole. Package of 4. Imported in the 1920s by China Trading Company in Seattle. These wound beads were likely made in Boshan, Shandong province in China. These beads are particularly finely made.

These beads are popularly called Peking glass but are not true Peking glass. These have the distinctive soft colors and bubbles of old Chinese glass made in Boshan, Shandong province in China These beads were often used in decorating Chinese baskets which were very popular in the Art Deco era. Package of 4.