Thursday, September 26, 2019
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Saturday, November 25, 2017
A 'new' dZi bead from China (less than 5 years old) that has been purposely broken in half and polished smooth. It is clearly an attempt to look like an ancient damaged bead. What is interesting about this bead is that the decorated lines have also been framed and inlaid with silver or a silver coloured metal. It is quite an attractive effect, however, this was not a technique used to decorate dZi beads in ancient times.
Friday, July 14, 2017
A new book on 'Himalayan dZi Beads' by the Chinese author Xiaoli Zhu has just been published. It is currently only available in Chinese, however, there is a content section in English. It is packed full of beautiful images of dZi beads and there are few pages dedicated to Pumtek and Thogchags. A number of beads from our own blog have also been featured.
ISBN 978-7-5494-1621-9
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Monday, January 04, 2016
Read the latest John Vincent Bellezza article discussing
the ancient dZi beads discovered in Spiti, India.
Monday, April 06, 2015
Above: Various ancient glass beads with eyes and stripes.
Designed to imitate naturally banded agate.
Designed to imitate naturally banded agate.
Above: more glass beads that imitate banded agate.
Above: glass imitating banded agate.
Above: glass imitating banded agate.
Above: glass imitating banded agate.
Above: glass imitating banded agate.
Above: glass imitating banded agate
Above: glass imitating banded agate
Above: glass imitating banded agate
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