New Double Wave Motif Dzi Bead, 57.8 × 12.6mm, very dark brown agate, honey-brown end caps (N-062226-DW3)

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The ground on this bead is as dark as a new dzi ground gets, and against it the wave reads as something closer to a blade than a curve.

Where its sibling, the dark brown Double Wave N-062226-DW2, carries a sandy-beige etched field with a matte, granular texture, this bead inverts nearly every one of those qualities. The ground here is a very deep, very dark warm brown, stopping just short of black while keeping its warmth. The etched motif field is a cool bright white, clean and high-contrast, with none of the warm sandy tone of its sibling. And where DW2 is semi-matte, this bead is high-gloss from end to end. Two Double Wave dzi that share a motif name and almost nothing else.

The form is an elongated fusiform, 57.8mm long and 12.6mm in diameter, tapering to rounded ends capped in warm glossy honey-brown, a clearly bounded zone at each tip that separates cleanly from the very dark body. Both drill holes are small and centred within the honey-brown end caps (Images 4 and 5). The taper is even and symmetric, giving a classic fusiform silhouette.

The motif is a Double Wave composition: two wave or tiger tooth forms per face, one upper and one lower, flanking a central vertical dark bar that bisects each face. On this bead the wave forms are sharp and angular: the upper wave cuts downward from the top edge to a pointed tip, the lower wave rises from the bottom edge to mirror it, and the two tips nearly meet at the centre bar. The result is tightly symmetrical, with the cool white field drawing the eye toward the dark centre. Both the wave and tiger tooth readings are plausible on this style of motif; here the sharper forms lean toward the tiger tooth reading.

The three main faces (Images 2, 3 and 4) each present the composition slightly differently as the bead turns. Images 5 and 6 show angled views toward each honey-brown end cap with the waves continuing around the body.

This bead is newly crafted within the last twenty years from natural agate using the traditional dzi crafting technique. It is not an antique or ancient bead. No cracks or chips are visible in any photograph. The surface is clean and high-gloss throughout.

The Double Wave Motif

The Wave motif (波浪紋) in Tibetan dzi tradition is associated with unceasing forward momentum and continuous good fortune, the wave as energy that does not exhaust itself. Doubled with a central dividing bar, the Double Wave suggests balance as much as movement. The wave and tiger tooth traditions share a visual vocabulary rooted in the sweeping curved line, and on a bead with forms as sharp as these, the tiger tooth reading of strength and courage carries equal weight. Read more in Dzi Motifs and Their Interpretations.

Specifications

• Motif: Double Wave (雙波浪紋); two sharply angled wave or tiger tooth forms per face flanking a central dark bar; cool bright white etched field
• Length: 57.8mm
• Diameter: 12.6mm
• Form: Elongated fusiform with symmetric taper; warm honey-brown end caps
• Material: Natural agate; very deep dark warm brown ground; cool bright white etched motif
• Age: New, crafted within the last 20 years
• Condition: No cracks or chips; high-gloss surface; both drill holes intact and centred
• Bloodspots: None
• Product ID: N-062226-DW3
• Collection: New & Vintage Dzi

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From the blog

• Dzi Motifs and Their Interpretations
• How to Choose a Dzi Bead

Very deep dark brown ground, cool white wave, honey-brown tips: three colours that do not blend into one another anywhere on this bead.

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