Melody is an opera length 60 cm / 24-inch elegant necklace made of Ming pearls. These cultured freshwater pearls, meticulously grown in the rivers of China, have a round shape.
Chinese freshwater pearls have a distinct grading system that does not correlate to saltwater grading. In the freshwater grading, these pearls are 5A.
In addition, Pearl Atelier’s Classic Collection of traditional pearl jewelry includes Ming pearls.
Product of Israel. Origin: China.
These cultured freshwater pearls grow in a Hyriopsis cumingii mussel.
Ming Pearls
While Japan is regarded as the place where modern pearl culturing methods were developed at the end of the 19th century, freshwater pearl culturing was first developed in China during the Ming dynasty between 1368 and 1644.
