Antique Six Diamond Eye Motif Dzi Bead with Bloodspots, 40.8×13.6mm, High-Gloss Black Agate (At-062126-6DE)

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Six diamonds, not six circles — this bead belongs to an older visual language, where the eye hadn't rounded into a ring yet.

Set against a high-gloss, deep black ground, six diamond-shaped eyes run across this bead's faces, each framed by crisp ivory-white H-bar and step-line dividers in a rectilinear, angular construction distinct from the smoother circular ring-eyes seen on most of this shop's pieces. A warm honey-tan to golden-brown accent line threads diagonally through several of the white dividers — a natural banding tone within the agate itself, not part of the applied black-and-white motif, and worth noting as a genuine material characteristic rather than damage or staining.

This bead shares its crafting era — 200 to 300 years — with three other pieces already in the collection: At-042626-4E3, At-060326-9E5, and At-061926-9E6BS, though its motif is entirely its own among that group; none of the three carries diamond-form eyes. The diamond eye is understood as the precursor to the now-familiar circular Eye motif, a visual ancestor rather than a simplified variant.

Macro photography confirms genuine cinnabar concentrated specifically along the boundary where the white dividers meet the black diamond eyes — small orange-red and reddish-brown dots embedded directly at these edges rather than scattered freely across open ground. This boundary-concentrated pattern echoes the architecture of the motif itself, the cinnabar settling where black meets white rather than drifting into either field independently.

Both ends are drilled with a single, clean opening; no cracks, chips, or surface damage are visible in any of the eight standard photographs.

The Diamond Eye Motif

In Tibetan dzi tradition, the Diamond Eye is regarded as the earlier visual form from which the now-common circular Eye motif descended — an angular precursor carrying the same essential blessing in a more geometric register. The Diamond Eye is associated with happiness, success, and longevity, and a bead carrying six of them multiplies that blessing across its full length, echoing the protective weight a six-eye composition carries in any form.

Bloodspots — Confirmed (Tier 3)

Cinnabar (硃砂, zhūshā — mercuric sulfide) on this bead presents in a boundary-concentrated pattern: small orange-red and reddish-brown dots cluster specifically along the edges where the ivory-white dividers meet the black diamond eyes, rather than scattering loosely across either field. Multiple macro frames document this consistently, with the dots tracing the motif's own geometric boundaries. This pattern is structurally similar in category to the boundary-concentrated bloodspots seen on At-062126-HEBS, but the colour reads more orange and less saturated here, and the dots follow angular diamond edges rather than the curved gate-frame corners of that piece — never described identically.

Spec Block

Motif: Six Diamond Eye 六鑽石眼 — six diamond/lozenge eyes with angular H-bar and step-line dividers
Length: 40.8mm
Diameter: 13.6mm
Form: Elongated barrel, rounded ends
Material: Agate; high-gloss deep black ground, ivory-white dividers with natural honey-tan banding accent
Age Estimate: 200–300 years — same crafting era as At-042626-4E3, At-060326-9E5, and At-061926-9E6BS, distinct motif from all three
Condition: No cracks, chips, or surface damage visible; both ends single-drilled, clean openings; high-gloss surface throughout
Bloodspots: Confirmed — Tier 3, boundary-concentrated presentation along diamond-eye edges
Product ID: At-062126-6DE
Collection: Antique Dzi Beads | Six Eye Dzi

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From the blog

• Understanding Cinnabar Inclusions in Dzi Beads
• The Diamond Eye Motif: Precursor to the Circle

Six diamonds, one boundary where the bloodspots chose to settle.

📷 We never retouch our photos. What you see is exactly what you will receive.

We never retouch our photos. Every bead is photographed exactly as it is. What you see is what you receive.

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