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Fine Original Dzi Bead

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Fine Original Dzi Bead
SOLD
700.00USD+ buyer's premium (140.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 15 @ 17:03UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4226
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Title: Fine Original Dzi Bead
Description: The rare dZi beads of Tibet, made many ears ago from worked agates, are eagerly sought after. A fine original dZi bead with an "eye" and stripes in white, against a background of shades of brown from dark to light. Because such beads are found in the ground, Tibetans cannot conceive of them as being man-made and valued them very highly. See Opitz, p. 48; this bead illustrated in NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=75, left, second from bottom.
Low Estimate: 1500
High Estimate: 3000
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