Top 10 Most Famous Pearls in the World 2
- Carlotta Pearl Shape
Carrota pearls are perfectly round in shape, weigh 4.3 grams, and have an extremely round shape. They are natural wild pearls of extremely high quality. They are owned by the Mexican Queen Carota and are the only pearls worn by the queen among the world’s famous pearls. name.
- Hope Pearl
Hope pearls are 63.5mm long, 82.5~115mm wide, and weigh 450g. It is a pearl attached to the shell, with a very strange shape that looks like a cylinder, with white at one end and brown at the other. It is more suitable as a pendant. It is also set with diamonds, emeralds and sapphires to make the whole ornament look like Strange and shining, especially recognizable.
In the 18th century, it was owned by the banker Henry Philip Hope, so it was named after Hope. Later, it was inherited by his three nephews. This pearl has participated in two auctions, and was later collected anonymously by collectors in the United Kingdom, and has since disappeared.
- The Pearl of Asia
The Pearl of Asia is 100mm long, 60~70mm wide, and weighs 121g. It is the second largest natural shaped pearl in the world. Collected in the Persian Gulf in 1628. The then Persian king Urmon bought it, named it the “Pearl of Asia”, and gave it to the queen who was particularly fond of pearls. Later, the Pearl of Asia was given to Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty in China through the hands of another Persian king, and it became Qianlong’s favorite thing. Later, after several generations of inheritance, in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Cixi couldn’t put it down, and asked the palace craftsmen to inlay a large piece of tourmaline next to this pearl, because in traditional Chinese medicine, pearls have the effect of calming the nerves and calming fear, and tourmaline and “scorching evil spirits” Homophonic, combine them to double the effect of warding off evil spirits. In 1900, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces captured Beijing, they stole the Pearl of Asia. After 18 years, it reappeared in Hong Kong, China, where a Chinese official bought it for about $50,000. After World War II, the Pearl of Asia was sold in Paris, but the price and buyer were kept secret. After that, it disappeared. It was not until 1993 that a jewelry store in Tokyo, Japan, to commemorate 100 years of cultured pearls, lent it from the owner’s home in London for an exhibition, which reappeared in front of people’s eyes.
After that, the Pearl of Asia disappeared and became a mysterious pearl.
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