A rare tabular glass eye bead.

Sourced in India in the 1970s.

27 mm x 8 mm (depth)

Large ancient Chong dZi with repair.

The bead displays a large square 

decoration and end stripes.

Collected in India in the 1970s.

53 mm x 12 mm

Ancient single stripe Chong dZi

18 mm x 9 mm

Ancient single stripe Chong dZi

26.08 mm x 10.50 mm

Ancient single stripe Chong dZi
18 mm x 10.10 mm

Ancient single stripe Chong dZi

18 mm x 9 mm
 

Ancient single stripe Chong dZi

Very similar quality to some of the ancient
round 'decorated' Bhaisajyaguru dZi.

19 mm x 13 mm

 

Ancient single stripe Chong dZi

Very similar quality to some of the ancient
round 'decorated' Bhaisajyaguru dZi.

24 mm x 11 mm

Ancient Banded Agate Bead

Collected in India in the 1970s

29 mm x 8 mm

Ancient three stripe Chong dZi

25 mm x 8 mm

Ancient Phum dZi

27 mm x 14 mm

Ancient 'decorated' Bhaisajyaguru dZi

17 mm

Ancient Phum dZi

33 mm x 16 mm

Ancient Phum dZi

34 mm x 16 mm

decoration detail

Front

Reverse

Above: Various chank shell ornaments collected in India in the 1970s.

Above: Antique aluminium bead with a zig zag and dot decoration.

There is considerable wear at the perforations from being strung.
Sourced in India in the 1970s. 37.05 mm x 11.78 mm 

 Above: Various antique glass beads designed to imitate banded agate 

or decorated agates similar to Chong dZi.

Collected in India in the 1970s.

Ancient two stripe Chong dZi.

Collected in India in the 1970s.

Ancient Four Stripe Chong dZi

Collected in India in the  1970s

32.19 mm x 10.19 mm

Ancient Chong dZi with four white stripes. 

Comparable decorated agate beads have
also been discovered in Burma.

Collected in India in the 1970s

38.92 mm x 11.30 mm

The above beads were collected in the 1970s from Pakistan. Apparently there was a stone bead maker working at that time who transformed old islamic agate amulets into these beautiful agate beads by recarving and re-drilling them. The top photo shows a bead that is extremely large at 81 mm x 45 mm. They are flat beads with a depth of around 5 mm.

The late Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche is seen here wearing 

a necklace of various ancient dZi beads.

Ancient jasper disc beads. 

Sourced in Nepal.

This is an antique imitation dZi bead made from bowenite and most likely coming from China. As a result of being worn and handled they are usually found with very faint decoration because it has rubbed off over time. This shows that the decoration does not penetrate deep into the surface of the bead and indicates they are not decorated in the same way as true dZi beads. Here the stone is merely chemically stained on the surface. Five eyes can still be seen on this bead but quite often there is no sign of any eyes or decoration on the bead. They are believed to be 19th C creations and this particular bead was collected in India in the 1970s.

20.53 mm x 15.51 mm