New Tiger Tooth & Six Eye Lotus Dzi Bead, 25.1 × 19.6mm, cream-ground dark brown barrel (N-062226-TTSEL)

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This bead runs its motif in the opposite direction from almost everything else in this collection: the ground is cream, and the dark lines move through it.

On a dark-ground dzi, the etched cream lines carry the motif. Here the relationship is reversed: a warm sandy-cream ground covers the surface, and deep dark brown motif lines travel across it in continuous, flowing curves. The bead reads as light, not dark, and the eye tracks the brown lines as markings within a pale field.

The bead is a broad barrel, 25.1mm long and 19.6mm in diameter, compact and wide, with gently rounded ends and a smooth, high-gloss surface. The drill holes are small and cleanly centred at each end (Images 4 and 5). No cracks, chips, or surface damage are visible in any of the five photographs; a few fine surface micro-marks from normal handling are visible up close, none structural.

The motif combines Tiger Tooth and Six Eye Lotus. On the upright faces (Images 1–3), the composition sits in two zones divided by a horizontal dark band. The upper zone carries a curved scroll or C-ring eye with a heart-shaped interior, the eye element of the lotus composition. The lower zone carries a heart-shaped form nested within the dark ground, the tiger tooth element, here rounded and inward-curving rather than a sharp chevron. A cream horizontal stripe separates the two zones. The faces are close but not identical.

Turned 90° (Images 4–5), the composition opens into a continuous flowing line: large C-ring curves, elongated scrolls, and the heart-shaped eye-lotus elements forming an unbroken circuit of dark brown lines around the bead. The end caps appear as clean dark brown circles with small centred drill openings.

This bead is new, crafted from natural agate using the traditional dzi crafting technique. Its smooth, glossy finish is typical of newer beads, and the motif lines have clean, well-defined edges.

The Tiger Tooth and Six Eye Lotus Motif

Tiger Tooth (虎牙紋) in Tibetan dzi tradition represents strength, protection, and warding off negative forces, the tiger's tooth a symbol of fierce guardianship. The Six Eye Lotus (六眼蓮花紋) combines the protective eye with the lotus, a symbol of purity and of rising from the mud of ordinary existence to clarity. Together they pair protective strength with the aspiration toward awakening. Here the two are woven into one continuous composition, inseparable from any angle. Read more in Dzi Motifs and Their Interpretations.

Specifications

• Motif: Tiger Tooth and Six Eye Lotus (虎牙紋 & 六眼蓮花紋); continuous flowing curved lines; scroll eye with heart-shaped interior; heart-form tiger tooth; horizontal dark divider band
• Length: 25.1mm
• Diameter: 19.6mm
• Form: Broad barrel with gently rounded ends
• Material: Natural agate; warm sandy-cream ground; deep dark brown motif lines
• Age: New
• Condition: No cracks or chips; smooth high-gloss surface; minor handling micro-marks; drill holes clean and centred
• Bloodspots: None
• Product ID: N-062226-TTSEL
• Collections: New & Vintage Dzi | Round Beads

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From the blog

• Dzi Motifs and Their Interpretations
• How to Combine Dzi Bead Motifs

This bead runs every motif it carries in a single unbroken line: tiger tooth and lotus eye, inseparable from any angle.

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