Diamond Spear Agate Dzi Bead with Bloodspots, 40.5×13.1mm (At-082524-DS) 金剛杄天珠

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On this bead, the cream is the field — and the dark elements are the markings within it.

Most dzi beads in this collection work the other way around: a dark ground, cream motif lines emerging from it. This bead inverts that relationship entirely. The ground is cream-white, smooth, high-gloss, and dominant across every face. The dark brown motif elements — the stacked diamond-and-spear compositions — read as figures pressed into a pale field, the contrast quieter and more internal than the bold cream-on-dark construction of the standard dzi formula. Rotate the bead through all four faces and the cream never disappears; it is always the majority of what you see.

The motif itself is a repeating vertical stack: a dark brown bowtie element above, a diamond at the centre, a second bowtie below, all framed by vertical cream stripe dividers that separate each column cleanly. The bowtie forms — two triangular dark zones pinching at the centre to an hourglass waist — read as pointed, directional, like arrowheads pressing toward each other. Between them the central diamond sits as a small rhombus, dark-framed with a concentrated dark core. On the four flat-lit faces (Images 3–6) the construction varies subtly in how open or compressed the forms read, but the repeating logic is consistent throughout: spear above, diamond at centre, spear below, stripe divider, repeat.

The bloodspots on this bead are documented in the two macro photographs (Images 1 and 2). The distribution is compound: large dark brown to near-black cinnabar masses concentrated at the boundaries where the dark motif elements meet the cream field — the rust-orange halos around these masses visible at the zone edges — and separately, a scatter of smaller rust-orange to brick-red individual inclusion points distributed throughout the cream zones between the motif elements. Image 1 shows the boundary masses and scattered micro-dots most clearly; Image 2 shows the motif boundary zone with both large masses and medium individual dot inclusions. The cinnabar (硃砂 / zhūshā, mercuric sulfide) is present in two distinct registers simultaneously: dense boundary-concentrated masses and lighter cream-zone scatter.

A fine natural seam line runs horizontally across the bead's equatorial zone, visible on all four flat-lit faces and disclosed here as found. No chips or structural cracks observed across all eight photographs. This is an independent finding.

The Diamond Spear Motif

The diamond spear composition belongs to a family of geometric dzi motifs that predate the more commonly known eye and wave forms, drawing on an older vocabulary of angular, pointed elements. The diamond (鑽石紋 / zuànshí wén) in dzi tradition is associated with clarity, precision, and the penetrating quality of insight that cuts through confusion. The spear or bowtie form flanking it above and below extends that symbolism into the directional — pointing simultaneously upward and downward, outward from the centre in both axes. Together the stacked composition creates a motif that is understood as comprehensive in its protective reach, covering the full vertical axis as the diamond covers the point of focus. On a cream-white ground that inverts the usual dzi logic, the composition carries an unusually light, clear quality — the protective forms emerging from brightness rather than from darkness.

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Motif — Diamond Spear (鑽石矛紋); repeating vertical stack of bowtie/spear — diamond — bowtie/spear elements; cream stripe dividers between columns; four-face distribution
Length — 40.5mm
Diameter — 13.1mm
Form — Elongated fusiform; asymmetric taper — one end more abrupt, one more gradual; both ends cream-white
Material — Agate; cream-white dominant ground throughout; warm medium-to-dark brown motif elements; high-gloss surface
Age Estimate — Antique, 100–200 years
Condition — Fine natural seam line at equatorial zone visible on all faces, disclosed; no chips or structural cracks observed (independent finding); high-gloss surface intact throughout
Bloodspots — Tier 3 confirmed via two macro photographs (Images 1–2); compound dual-zone distribution: boundary-concentrated dark brown to near-black cinnabar masses with rust-orange halos at motif edges, plus scattered rust-orange to brick-red micro-dot inclusions throughout cream zones; cinnabar (硃砂 / zhūshā, mercuric sulfide)
Product ID — At-082524-DS
Collection — Antique Dzi Beads

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→ Other diamond-motif antique dzi in this collection:

• At-053126-3DETT — Antique Three Diamond Eye & Tiger Tooth Dzi with Bloodspots, 27.5×13.0mm
• At-061926-3DE2 — Antique Three Diamond Precursor Eye Dzi, 57.5×13.9mm
• At-062126-6DE — Antique Six Diamond Eye Dzi, 40.8×13.6mm

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Every bead at Ancient Dzi Shop is photographed without retouching or digital enhancement. The colour, surface, and condition shown are those of the actual piece you will receive.

✦ All photographs on this page are unretouched. What you see is what you receive. ✦

All 8 product images are unretouched. Images 1–2 are macro photographs documenting the bloodspot inclusions. Lighting may affect colour rendering; please refer to the white-background shots for the most accurate ground colour.

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