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Asian Beads
Asian beads comprise the largest body of surviving early beads. From earliest times, Asian beads were traded around the world and are found among the remains of nearly every European culture. The material used in Asian beads is mostly glass and the techniques vary with mandrel winding be the most of the encountered. The colors and surface textures encountered in Asian beads encompass nearly the entire spectrum of variations.
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#51. QING DYNASTY GLASS BEADS C.1700.
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This is a rare bead from the Imperial court in China dating to about 1850.
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Deep orange color and fine quality. About .32" 8.2mm in diameter.
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Yellow glass, about 3/4” length.
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Well you get double story for your money with this one. A Ming Dynasty mandrel wound green glass bead C.1600, 8.8 mm (over 1/3") diameter of slightly irregular form from hand winding and with tapered mandrel hole.
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This is a necklace, about 20” long, worn by a Naga headhunter. The Nagas live in the Himalayas, in what is now Assam, near Tibet.
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#88. SUMERIAN BRICK BEADS. 2900-2000 BC. Rectangular form and section.
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