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Ancient Double Wave Dzi with Extreme Bloodspots, brilliant white & pitch-black agate, 35.4mm × 14.0mm, 500–700 yrs (Ac-082524-DWBS)

Name: Ancient Double Wave Dzi with Extreme Bloodspots, brilliant white & pitch-black agate, 35.4mm × 14.0mm, 500–700 yrs (Ac-082524-DWBS)
Price: 6000.0 USD
Availability: InStock

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The bloodspot dots on this bead do not stop at the colour boundary. They continue straight through it, from the white field into the black wave zone, without interruption. That is the first thing the macro photographs show: the cinnabar is part of the stone itself, present before the motif was etched onto it.

This is an ancient Tibetan Double Wave Dzi, estimated at 500 to 700 years old, and its bloodspots are among the most remarkable in this collection. The individual natural cinnabar dots, warm rust-brown to dark sienna, discrete and countable under macro photography, blanket the brilliant ivory-white ground from end to end, densest near the end caps, present around the full circumference and in both the white and black zones. Images 6, 7 and 8 show this exactly. Nothing has been added or enhanced. This is the bead.

The motif is a Double Wave in its highest-contrast form: two bold pitch-black wave lines on a brilliant white ground. The wave presents differently on the two main faces. Face A carries a flowing S-curve, liquid and graceful. Face B carries a sharper Z-curve, angular and decisive, the same energy expressed as direction rather than flow. One bead, two visual personalities.

The form is a wide, low-profile cushion barrel, 35.4mm × 14.0mm, noticeably flatter and wider than the elongated double wave beads in the collection. The end caps are a warm grey-taupe, between the white body and the pitch-black motif. The surface carries a glassy high-lustre polish. The drill holes are small and well-centred, with warm beige-tan interiors.

A bead of this age was made before the Qing Dynasty. Ancient dzi of this age, with bloodspots at this level, are rarely seen.

The Double Wave (雙波紋) Motif

The Wave is one of the most enduring symbols in the dzi tradition, representing the unbroken flow of fortune, energy, and vitality. The Double Wave doubles that meaning: two waves running together, carrying a steady current of good fortune. It is closely related to the Tiger Tooth, and carries the tiger tooth's qualities of focused power and protection within the wave's flow. Read more in Dzi Motifs and Their Interpretations, or learn about the inclusions in our guide to bloodspots in dzi beads.

Specifications

Motif: Double Wave (雙波紋); S-curve on Face A, Z-curve on Face B
Length: 35.4mm
Diameter: 14.0mm
Form: Wide low-profile cushion barrel
Material: Natural brilliant ivory-white agate; pitch-black motif; warm grey-taupe end caps
Age estimate: Ancient, 500–700 years
Condition: No cracks. Glassy high-lustre polish throughout.
Bloodspots: Extreme; natural cinnabar (硃砂) dots in warm rust-brown to dark sienna across the ivory field and into the black wave zone, densest near the end caps (Images 6, 7 and 8)
Product ID: Ac-082524-DWBS
Collections: Original Ancient Dzi | Bloodspot Dzi