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Necklace and Calabash
First edition (UK)
AuthorRobert van Gulik
SeriesJudge Dee
GenreGong'an fiction, Mystery, Detective novel, Crime
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1967
Media typePrint
Pages144
OCLC26129085
Dewey Decimal
823 20
LC ClassPR9130.9.G8 N43 1992
Preceded byJudge Dee at Work 
Followed byPoets and Murder 

Necklace and Calabash is a gong'an detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie), a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700.

The book features eight illustrations by the author.

Necklace and Calabash was the last Judge Dee novel published during van Gulik's lifetime. One more book, Poets and Murder was published after his death. Necklace and Calabash is very highly regarded of all the Judge Dee mysteries.

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