Antique Eight Eye & Tiger Tooth Dzi Bead with Extreme Bloodspots | ~500 Years Old (At-0426-8ETT)

Antique Eight Eye & Tiger Tooth Dzi Bead with Extreme Bloodspots (At-0426-8ETT)

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This bead is doing three things at once. That is unusual even in a tradition that regularly combines multiple motifs.

Eight Eyes — All Endeavors

Eight is the number of all directions. The Eight Eye Dzi is believed to help its wearer do well in all endeavors — not one field, not one relationship, not one pursuit, but everything simultaneously. It is the motif of scope: success that is broad rather than narrow, opportunity that comes from every direction at once. In Tibetan symbolism, eight represents completeness without limitation, and the Eight Eye encodes that into every face of the bead.

Tiger Tooth — Strength and Courage

Running alongside the eight eye circles is the Tiger Tooth motif — the sweeping pointed chevron forms visible between and around the eyes in every photograph. The Tiger Tooth is the motif of focused courage and the decisive strength to act. Where the Eight Eye expands the wearer's reach, the Tiger Tooth ensures the force to pursue what that reach finds. Together the two motifs form a combination that is both directional and broad: reach into all directions, act with strength in every one of them.

The Bloodspots — Extreme and Visible

The close-up photographs in this gallery show what "extreme bloodspots" means on this bead in exact detail. Under magnification, the cinnabar (硃砂, zhū shā) inclusions appear as a fine orange-amber dust distributed throughout the cream etching zones — not concentrated dots but a pervasive saturation that tints the entire etched surface with warm orange-gold colour. In the macro images, this saturation is unmistakable: the cream of the etching glows orange-warm because cinnabar is distributed throughout it at a concentration that affects the colour of the agate across the entire etching field.

This is genuinely extreme. Most bloodspot beads have isolated dots. This bead has saturation — cinnabar present throughout the etching zones rather than at isolated points. The warm amber tone visible in all the full-bead photographs, which some buyers might initially attribute to the photography, is in fact the cinnabar in the agate itself, visible even in the standard studio shots.

The Agate & Condition

The agate is deep, glossy black — a superb ground against which the cream-and-amber etching reads with exceptional visual impact. Both ends show the warm brown natural agate core characteristic of high-quality natural stone. The surface is smooth and well-preserved. Four eye circles are visible on each face, running in two rows with tiger tooth chevrons between them. The condition is excellent: no cracks. Weathering marks consistent with approximately 500 years of age are present and are part of the bead's authentic character.

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions: 50.0 mm × 14.5 mm
• Material: High-quality natural agate — deep black with warm brown ends
• Motifs: Eight Eye + Tiger Tooth (dual motif)
• Bloodspots: Extreme — pervasive orange-amber cinnabar saturation throughout etching zones
• Estimated Age: ~500 years
• Condition: Excellent. No cracks.

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