Above: The round dig or weathering on this side reveals the original colour of the stone (greyish white). Thi...

A 'new' dZi bead from China (less than 5 years old) that has been purposely broken in half and polished smooth. I...

  A new book on 'Himalayan dZi Beads' by the Chinese author Xiaoli Zhu has just been published. It is curren...

Ancient Western Asiatic Carnelian Bead 28.5 mm

Ancient Western Asiatic decorated carnelian. 18 mm

Ancient Carnelian Lion Bead South East Asia 17 mm x 17 mm

Losar Tashi Delek! Happy Tibetan New Year!  February 27th - Year of the Fire Rooster

A Tibetan or Bhutia woman circa 1920s. The dZi beads on this necklace  may well be glass imitations.

A large portion of an ancient Chong dZi with recent 22k gold end caps. 47.5 mm x 23.5 mm

Read the latest John Vincent Bellezza article  discussing  the ancient dZi beads discovered in Spiti, India.

Ancient Green Jasper Bead Western Asiatic 32 mm x 30 mm

Ancient Green Jasper Bead Western Asiatic 28 mm x 21 mm

Ancient Green Chalcedony Bead Western Asiatic 31 mm x 20 mm

Ancient Green Jasper Bead Western Asiatic 32 mm x 19 mm

Large Ancient Green Jasper Bead Western Asiatic 47 mm x 27 mm

Ancient Green Chalcedony Bead Western Asiatic 44 mm x 22 mm

Newly created dZi beads from Taiwan and China from 1990s production up to the present day.

Huge antique Tibetan silver bead with copper core Collected in Tibet in the 1980s 47 mm x 38 mm

Above: Various ancient glass beads with eyes and stripes. Designed to imitate naturally banded agate.  Above: more glass bead...

Above: Antique glass imitation dZi beads. Possibly of Chinese origin.  The large nine eye (55 mm x 14 mm) is ceramic and  is probab...

Archaeologists have recently discovered an ancient dZi bead in Tibet and have dated the find to the 2nd century CE. Read more