A large Western Asiatic ancient Sardonyx bead with a natural eye formation. 47.45 mm x 30.07 mm x 26.12 mm (depth) .

A 'new' dZi bead with one eye. Sourced in North India. The perforation has also been slightly worked to give the appearance of ol...

  A Tibetan woman (1930s) wears a necklace comprised of ancient dZi, banded agates (also known as Bhaisajyaguru dZi), coral and a large amu...

A lovely tabular agate eye bead from Great Britain. It was aquired from the famous Keith Mitchell gem collection, and is believed to be f...

A matched pair of ancient Tasso dZi beads.   largest 29.35 mm x 13.40 mm Smallest 28.09 mm x 13.10 mm

A large matched pair of ancient Tasso dZi beads flank an ancient Tiger dZi.   Tasso dZi approx 30 mm x 13 mm Tiger dZi 18.12 mm x 14.91 mm

Various ancient stone beads. All sourced in Nepal.

Ancient carnelian beads. Sourced in Nepal.

Ancient blue chalcedony beads.

Ancient banded agate or Bhaisajyaguru bead. Sourced in Nepal. 16.51 mm

Ancient jasper eye amulet (Western Asia).

Two banded agate tabular eye beads from the 1990s. Both beads came out of Asia but the agate reminds me of material from Botswana, Africa....

A new bow shaped dZi which was found in Mandi, North India (2007). Both the shape and stylised eyes are not often seen on new beads....

A huge silver amulet with antique coral, amber, silver, and ancient agates.

Reinhold Messner is seen here wearing a two eyed dZi bead flanked with red coral. This is the typical way a man would wear a dZi bead in th...

A stunning ancient bicone jasper disc bead. 46.77 mm (diameter) x 14.62 (depth). It always amazes me how jasper is often overlooked in f...

A newly created bow shaped agate bead. Sourced in Nepal 37.59 mm x 15 mm

A newly created bow shaped agate bead. They are also known as leech, wedge or 'cattle horn' beads. Sourced in Nepal. 35 mm ...

Ancient agate bead 30 mm x 28 mm

Ancient agate bead 30 mm x 28 mm

Garuda or Khyung Thokcha  29 mm x 27 mm

A lotus seed mala turned dark from years of use, with an old turquoise guru bead.

A very large ancient Chong dZi with a nicely contrasted single stripe or equatorial zone. Displays genuine medicinal digs. The en...

Imitation banded agate beads made from plastic .  Sourced in Nepal. approx 12 mm x 10 mm

A pair of ancient two eyed dZi beads.

Above: Togden Shakya Shri ( 1853-1919). A master of Mahamudra and Dzogchen The great Tibetan Yogi and luminary of the 19th century Rime mo...

Newly created oval Tiger dZi and oval Lotus dZi. Sourced in Nepal. Largest 22 mm x 20 mm Smallest 20 mm x 17 mm.

Ancient banded agate bead. 33 mm x 15 mm

Khampa Tibetan Costume at Litang , originally uploaded by kayforest .

Tibetan Calligraphy Copyright© 2010 Tashi Mannox Above we can see a wonderful calligraphy by the very talented Tashi Mannox . You ca...

Ancient Banded Agate and Chalcedony beads. The large focal bead measures 30 mm x 22 mm.

  A large Ancient Tasso dZi or an ancient dZi with a zig zag stripe.. This bead displays a rarely seen decorated 'white' strip...

Ancient Chung dZi. Sourced in Nepal. 31 mm x 11 mm

A very beautiful antique turquoise bead. Sourced in Nepal. 40 mm x 34 mm

                                                                    A rare ancient green jasper bead from Nepal. 30 mm x 26 mm      ...