{"product_id":"antique-three-eye-earth-gate-bloodspot-dzi-43-2mm-at-061926-3eeg","title":"Three Eye \u0026 Earth Gate Dzi with Bloodspots, 43.2×13.1mm, Warm Dark Brown Agate (At-061926-3EEG)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWe never retouch our photos. What you see is exactly what you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe pupil on this bead is not warm brown like every other eye in this collection. It is pale, almost milky-white, set within a dark interior — and the macro photograph taken directly over that pale zone (Image 9) shows something more: fine warm orange-rust cinnabar speckling scattered right at the boundary where the pale highlight meets the surrounding dark brown. The bloodspots on this bead are not confined to the connector bands. They run through the eye itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe composition combines two elements across four faces: the eye, and the Earth Gate. Face A carries a single fully closed concentric ring eye — cream-white outer ring, dark brown interior, that distinctive pale pupil highlight — flanked by vertical cream-white stripe bands. A second eye face presents differently: rather than one isolated ring, two smaller circular forms link together in a figure-eight arrangement, both rendered in the same cream-white-on-dark-brown register. Between the two eye faces sit the Earth Gate connectors — flowing horizontal wave bands that vary in character from face to face, one reading as a smooth undulation, the other as a sharper, stepped zigzag. Four faces, four distinct readings, vertical stripe bands holding the whole composition together at every turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe ground is deep warm dark brown agate, with fine age micro-pitting concentrated most densely in the zones immediately surrounding the eye — precisely where centuries of handling would leave the clearest trace. The end caps at both tips are warm reddish-brown to terracotta, and the drill holes carry a notably vivid warm orange-red interior colour, more saturated than typically seen across this collection's agate pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBloodspots:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two macro photographs document this bead's cinnabar (硃砂, zhūshā) content in full. The first (Image 8) shows warm orange-rust micro-speckles scattered along a cream-white stripe band at the boundary with the dark ground. The second (Image 9) documents something more unusual: cinnabar speckling directly within the eye's interior, concentrated at the edge of the pale pupil highlight. This dual presence — in both the structural stripe bands and the eye motif itself — represents a more integrated bloodspot distribution than is typical, and the original listing's own framing (present, but not overwhelming) holds true: this is a confirmed, documented, and visually meaningful bloodspot bead, without the kind of pervasive saturation that would dominate the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDifferentiation note:\u003c\/strong\u003e No other three-eye bead in this collection — At-053126-3E, At-061926-3ETT, At-061926-3E2, At-061926-3DE2 — carries Earth Gate elements. The collection's other eye-and-earth-gate combination, At-061926-4EEG, is a four-eye pitch-black bead with a single rectangular gate frame rather than the flowing wave connector seen here. This bead stands alone in combining a three-eye distribution, Earth Gate wave architecture, a distinctive pale pupil highlight, vividly saturated terracotta end caps, and confirmed bloodspots documented within the eye structure itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eThe Three Eye \u0026amp; Earth Gate Motif\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe three-eye motif (三眼天珠, sān yǎn tiānzhū) carries its traditional associations with happiness, success, and longevity — and in this bead's own framing, the eye's role is understood specifically through clarity of vision: enlightenment as a form of seeing more truly, which in turn brings success and happiness as natural consequences rather than separate blessings. The Earth Gate (地門, dì mén) element adds a second register to that symbolism — a threshold, a structured passage between states, here rendered not as an enclosed frame but as a flowing wave that connects one eye face to the next. Together, the eye and the gate suggest a bead built around movement and transition: clarity passing through structure, vision carried from one face of understanding to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMotif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Three Eye \u0026amp; Earth Gate (三眼天珠 sān yǎn tiānzhū + 地門 dì mén); Face A: single fully closed concentric ring eye with pale pupil highlight; second eye face: linked double-ring figure-eight motif; two connector faces carry flowing horizontal Earth Gate wave bands (one smooth undulation, one stepped zigzag); vertical cream-white stripe bands frame all four faces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 43.2mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13.1mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elongated fusiform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural agate; deep warm dark brown ground; cream-white motif lines; warm reddish-brown to terracotta end caps with vivid orange-red drill hole interiors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge Estimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300–500 years\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent — no cracks, no chips, no structural damage; fine age micro-pitting concentrated around eye zones; high-gloss surface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBloodspots:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — confirmed via macro photography in two locations: cinnabar (硃砂, zhūshā) micro-speckles within a cream-white stripe band, and within the eye's interior at the edge of its pale pupil highlight; present and documented, not pervasive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct ID:\u003c\/strong\u003e At-061926-3EEG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/collections\/antique-dzi-beads\"\u003eAntique Dzi Beads\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/collections\/three-eye-dzi\"\u003eThree Eye Dzi\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/collections\/heaven-earth-dzi\"\u003eHeaven \u0026amp; Earth Dzi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou may also like\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFor other three-eye dzi in this collection, see \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/antique-three-eye-dzi-at-053126-3e\"\u003eAt-053126-3E\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/antique-three-eye-tiger-tooth-dzi-at-061926-3ett\"\u003eAt-061926-3ETT\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/antique-three-diamond-eye-dzi-at-061926-3de2\"\u003eAt-061926-3DE2\u003c\/a\u003e — none of which carries Earth Gate elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFor the collection's other eye-and-earth-gate combination, compare \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/antique-four-eye-earth-gate-dzi-at-061926-4eeg\"\u003eAt-061926-4EEG\u003c\/a\u003e (four eye, pitch-black, rectangular gate frame rather than wave connector).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFor other bloodspot beads, see \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/antique-nine-eye-bloodspot-dzi-at-061926-9e6bs\"\u003eAt-061926-9E6BS\u003c\/a\u003e (compound dual bloodspot presentation) and \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/ancient-dharma-conch-four-eye-dzi-ac-061926-dc4e\"\u003eAc-061926-DC4E\u003c\/a\u003e (golden-orange cinnabar micro-dots).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the blog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/blogs\/news\/bloodspots-cinnabar-dzi-authentication\"\u003eWhat Are Bloodspots on a Dzi Bead? Cinnabar, Authenticity, and What the Microscope Shows\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/blogs\/news\/earth-gate-dzi-meaning-thresholds\"\u003eThe Earth Gate Motif: Thresholds and Transitions in Tibetan Dzi Tradition\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Owner to verify blog URLs before publishing)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThree eyes, two gates, and cinnabar that reached all the way into the pupil itself — this bead has been carrying its own proof for five centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWe never retouch our photos. What you see is exactly what you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e📷 We never retouch our photos. Every bead is photographed exactly as it is. What you see is what you receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHashtags\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#AncientDziShop #ThreeEyeDzi #EarthGateDzi #三眼天珠 #地門 #BloodspotDzi #CinnabarDzi #AntiqueDzi #TibetanDzi #DziBeads #TibetanAntiques #AntiqueDziBeads #NaturalAgate #At061926-3EEG #TibetanHeritage\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ancient Dzi Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44545906639014,"sku":"","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/7198\/files\/ThreeEyeEarthGatewithBloodspots_AntD-B-ThEEG-110823_1_9c55d42b-3084-4dee-abf2-3bc62f230ef2.jpg?v=1781894693","url":"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/antique-three-eye-earth-gate-bloodspot-dzi-43-2mm-at-061926-3eeg","provider":"Ancient Dzi Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}