Six Eye Dzi, 35.0mm × 12.1mm, pale warm-brown agate, cinnabar bloodspots (At-092823-6EBS3)

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This is the shortest six-eye in the collection, and the palest — the agate itself is a warm, soft brown that makes the eye rings glow rather than contrast.

Most dzi beads present a dark ground with pale motif lines on top. This bead is different. The agate is a warm pale brown — closer to a faded tan than a deep chocolate — so the six eyes sit within a light stone rather than emerging from a dark one. On the lighter faces (Images 7 and 11), the bead reads almost entirely pale, with dark eye pupils floating gently within soft cream-tan rings. On the darker faces (Images 8 and 9), deep near-black zones take over and the bead reads with more conventional contrast. Both orientations are the same stone. The pale tone is not age loss or fading — it is the inherent colour of this particular piece of agate, and it gives this bead a visual character no other six-eye in the collection shares.

At 35.0mm × 12.1mm this is the most compact six-eye bead in the collection — more than 12mm shorter than At-112623-6EBS and over 22mm shorter than At-082824-6EBS2. The body is a wide rounded barrel rather than an elongated spindle. It sits full and solid in the hand despite its brevity.

The eye rings across all four faces are soft and graduated in definition — the boundaries between ring and ground are not hard-edged but blend gently, giving each eye a worn, natural quality entirely consistent with two to four centuries of ageing. The six pupils are dark oval forms sitting within these pale, softly defined rings. This is the most atmospheric eye definition in the six-eye series.

The end caps (Images 10 and 11) are warm peach-cream — the palest end cap colour confirmed across all six-eye bloodspot beads. The drill holes are small and clean.

The surface is the most heavily weathered of all six-eye beads in the collection. Fine crackle lines and surface texture are visible across the body throughout the hand-held photos (Images 2, 3, 4) — physical evidence of genuine age accumulated over centuries rather than decades.

The microscope images (Images 5 and 6) confirm the cinnabar with precision. The cinnabar (硃砂, zhūshā) — mercuric sulfide occurring as a natural geological inclusion — accumulates most heavily at the boundary between each eye ring and the surrounding darker agate, forming a warm rust-orange to golden-brown granular concentration that traces the outer edge of each eye. Individual inclusions are slightly larger and more granular in character than the fine pinpoint dots seen in beads like At-060326-9E5 — a distinct bloodspot signature that is specific to this bead. Scattered individual dots are also visible across the paler open zones. The inclusions are embedded within the agate matrix, present before any etching was applied, and inseparable from the stone itself.

Compared directly to the other six-eye bloodspot beads: At-112623-6EBS (47.1mm, deep dark cool-brown, high-contrast white eyes, boundary-pooling cinnabar), At-082624-6EBS (54.5mm, rose-brown, misty eyes, diffuse cinnabar), and At-082824-6EBS2 (57.7mm, deep warm-brown, mixed eye frames, rose-peach cinnabar) — this bead is the shortest, the palest, the most weathered, and the only one where the agate ground reads light rather than dark.

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The Six Eye Motif

The Six Eye dzi (六眼天珠, liù yǎn tiānzhū) is associated in Tibetan Buddhist tradition with release from the six realms of Samsara — the cycle of existence that encompasses all sentient beings. Each eye addresses one realm, offering protection and the possibility of liberation from each. The Six Eye is also linked to improved physical wellbeing and the removal of impending misfortune — a bead oriented not just toward protection but toward liberation itself.

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Spec Block

Motif: Six Eye (六眼天珠, liù yǎn tiānzhū); all eyes open-ring type with dark oval centres; soft graduated ring definition; lighter and darker faces alternating across four orientations Length: 35.0mm Diameter: 12.1mm Form: Compact wide barrel; shortest and proportionally widest six-eye in collection; full rounded profile Material: Pale warm-brown to warm peach-cream agate; darker near-black zones on two faces; warm peach-cream end caps (inherent agate colour) Age Estimate: 200–400 years Condition: No cracks; most heavily weathered surface of the six-eye series — fine crackle lines and surface texture throughout; minor surface digs consistent with age Bloodspots: Yes — warm rust-orange to golden-brown cinnabar (硃砂) confirmed at microscope level; concentrated at eye ring outer boundaries as granular accumulations; scattered individual dots in open pale zones; microscope-confirmed Images 5 & 6 Product ID: At-092823-6EBS3 Collection: Antique Dzi Collection | Bloodspot Dzi Collection

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• Antique Six Eye Dzi with Bloodspots (At-082624-6EBS) — 54.5mm, rose-brown ground, diffuse cinnabar
• Antique Eight Eye Dzi with Bloodspots (At-081624-8E) — 48.9mm, microscope-confirmed sparse cinnabar, direct comparison
• Antique Six Eye Naga Dragon Eye Dzi (At-092524-6EN) — 49.0mm, Naga dragon motif variant

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Blog Links

• What Are Dzi Beads? History, Meaning & Authenticity
• The Meaning of Dzi Bead Eye Counts in Tibetan Buddhism

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The shortest six-eye in the collection, in the palest agate — and cinnabar confirmed at the boundary of every eye.

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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