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 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

Above: Antique glass imitation dZi beads. Possibly of Chinese origin. 

The large nine eye (55 mm x 14 mm) is ceramic and 

is probably a mid 20th C bead from India.

Above: This four eyed glass bead is distinct in that it has yellow lines.
28 mm x 12 mm

Above: This two eyed glass bead is distinct in that it has orangey brown lines.
22 mm x 11 mm

Above: This nine eyed glass bead is distinct in that it has
additional red rings around some of the eyes. 

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

Ancient Indo-Tibetan Agate Bead

29.5 mm

Ancient Rock Crystal Bead (Burma)

27.5 mm x 14 mm

A newly created Chong dZi (not ancient) from China

53 mm x 11.5 mm

Ancient Single Stripe dZi Bead

26 mm x 10 mm

Ancient Chong dZi with four stripes

39.5 mm x 11 mm

Ancient Chong dZi with dense blood spots

30 mm x 10 mm

Ancient Luk Mik dZi

Tabular Agate Eye Bead

27.5 mm

Antique Turquoise with Antqiue Coral

Beads sourced in Tibet and Nepal

Ancient Single Stripe Chong dZi
(Mostly opaque white ends with dark central zone)
34 mm x 11.5 mm

A Tibetan man wearing a necklace of dZi beads.

Darjeeling. c 1920s

Today, Friday the 13th of June is the auspicious celebration of Saga Dawa in the Tibetan lunar calendar. This full moon day traditionally marks the time of the historical Buddha's enlightenment and parinirvana. It is regarded by Tibetans as the holiest day of the year and is an important time for Dharma practice, making offerings and pilgrimage. All meritorious acts are believed to be multiplied by 10 Million times on this day.

Sarva Mangalam! 

Large Ancient Phum dZi 

51 mm x 19 mm