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Plate IA China: Western Zhou blue-faience and agate bead ornament from the Marquis of Jin’s Tomb, Beizhao village, Quwo County, Shanxi (Zhongguo wenwu jinghua 1997). Plate IB China: Pb-Ba faience tubular beads, late Spring and Autumn to early Warring States periods (Diameter: 0.6-0.7 cm) (these and all subsequent beads are from the author’s collection). Plate IC China: Varieties of stratified eye beads, late Spring and Autumn to early Warring States periods (Diameter: 1.3-2.3 cm). Plate ID China: Warring States period. Top: Horned eye beads (D: 3.0-3.7 cm). Bottom: Composite-eye beads (D: 2.0-2.5 cm). Plate IIA China: Varieties of composite-eye beads, Warring States period (Diameter: 1.0-2.4 cm). Plate IIB China: Latticed eye beads, Warring States period (Diameter: 2.2-2.6 cm). Plate IIC China: Square glass eye beads, Warring States period (Diameter: 1.2-1.4 cm). Plate IID China: Glazed pottery eye beads, Warring States period (Diameter: 2.2-3.0 cm [top]; 1.5-1.7 cm [bottom]). Plate IIIA China: Glazed pottery eye beads, Warring States period (Diameter: 1.1-1.3 cm). Plate IIIB China: Glazed pottery eye beads, Warring States period (Diameter: 1.2-2.5 cm). Plate IIIC China: Glazed pottery eye beads, Warring States period (Diameter: 1.6, 2.2 cm [top]; 1.9 cm [bottom]). Plate IIID China: Glazed pottery eye beads, Warring States period (Diameter: 1.7, 2.0 cm [top]; 1.4-1.9 cm [bottom]). Plate IVA China: Tubular glass eye beads, Warring States period (Length: 2.3-2.5 cm). Plate IVB China: Tubular glass eye beads with persimmon-calyx designs, Warring States period (Length: 3.8-3.9 cm). Plate IVC China: Tubular glass eye beads with persimmon-calyx designs, Warring States (Length: 4.1-4.3 cm [top]; 1.8 cm [bottom]). Plate IVD China: Latticed tubular glass eye beads, Warring States period (Length: 5.3, 1.3 cm [top]; 4.2-4.3 cm [bottom]). Plate VA China: Baluster-shaped beads of white glass, Eastern Han dynasty (Diameter: 1.6 cm). Plate VB China: Tabular beads of yellow glass, Eastern Han dynasty (Width: 2.2-2.7 cm). Plate VC China: Glass ear spools. Top: Persimmon-calyx and heart-shaped decoration, late Warring to Western Han dynasties (Length: ca. 2.0 cm). Bottom: Han dynasty (Length: 1.9-2.6 cm). Plate VD China: Top: Blue glass bead with twin horses in gold foil, Southern and Northern dynasties (Diameter: 2.3 cm). Bottom: Marbled glass beads, Song/Yuan dynasties (Diameter: 1.0 cm). Plate VIA China: Blue glass pendants, Jin to Yuan dynasties (Length: 3.7 cm). Top: “Buffalo under the moon” pattern. Bottom: Double lozenge (Length: 3.7 cm). Plate VIB China: Yuan dynasty adornments. Top: Perforated flower-shaped ornaments (Diameter: 1.2-1.4 cm). Bottom: Gold earrings with glass components (Length: 4.0 cm). Plate VIC China: Melon-shaped glass beads, Yuan dynasty (Diameter: 1.4-2.7 cm). Plate VID China: Composite imitation white-jade pendant, Ming dynasty (Length: 37 cm).
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