Pair of New Tiger Tooth Agate Dzi Beads with Bloodspots, 39.4×13.6mm & 39.5×13.7mm (N-062426-TTBS)

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The macro photograph in Image 6 tells you something about this pair that the regular shots can only hint at: hundreds of individual rust-red cinnabar points suspended inside a cool blue-grey agate field, so dense that at loupe scale they read as a constellation rather than scattered marks.

That macro is shot through Bead B — the right bead in Image 1, whose ground is a cool grey-brown with a distinctly blue-grey cast unlike anything else in the new dzi range. Against that cool agate field, the rust-red to dark orange cinnabar inclusions read at maximum contrast: warm points inside a cool stone. Bead A, the left bead, carries the same motif and nearly the same dimensions on an entirely different ground — a warm reddish-brown agate with natural internal striation visible through the high-gloss surface in Images 2 and 3. Two beads, one motif, two agate grounds so different they read as a deliberate contrast.

The motif itself is the Tiger Tooth — a single bold inverted V / mountain-peak form occupying the central body section of each bead, framed above and below by horizontal cream bands that run the full circumference. The tooth form points upward, its flanks carrying the cream motif lines in a sandy-cream to pale cream tone on both beads, though warmer and more golden on Bead A and cooler and paler on Bead B. The construction is clean and direct — no secondary elements, no wave or eye additions, just the single tooth in its classic form between two banding lines.

The bloodspots are documented in Image 6, a macro loupe photograph of Bead B's etching zone. What is visible is a pervasive constellation of individual rust-red to dark orange-red cinnabar pinpoints — discrete, clearly individual inclusions scattered at high density across the full cream field, with a denser central concentration where the dot count is highest. These are not surface marks. They are inclusions formed within the agate as it crystallised, and they are present throughout the cream zones of both beads, expressing as warmth in Bead A's motif lines and as the vivid contra-colour in Bead B's macro.

A small surface mark is visible on Bead B's body in Image 4, disclosed here as found. No cracks or chips observed on either bead across all six photographs. This is an independent finding.

The Tiger Tooth Motif

The Tiger Tooth dzi (虎牙天珠 / hǔ yá tiānzhū) — also known as Tasso or Horse Tooth — is one of the oldest and most widely recognised single-element dzi forms. The tiger in Tibetan and Himalayan tradition is the embodiment of raw strength, fearlessness, and the power to overcome whatever stands in the path. The tooth — the tiger's most direct instrument of force — concentrated as a single motif element on the body of an agate bead carries that attribute in focused form. The Tasso bead is traditionally worn or carried by those seeking courage in difficult circumstances, strength in times of physical or emotional challenge, and the fierce protective energy that the tiger represents in the iconographic tradition.

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Motif — Tiger Tooth (虎牙天珠, Tasso); single inverted V/mountain-peak tooth element; horizontal band dividers above and below; Bead A: warm sandy-cream motif lines on warm reddish-brown ground; Bead B: pale cream motif lines on cool blue-grey ground
Length — 39.4mm (Bead A) / 39.5mm (Bead B)
Diameter — 13.6mm (Bead A) / 13.7mm (Bead B)
Form — Tall barrel; broad body tapering toward drill hole end; rounded base; both beads closely matched in proportion
Material — Agate; Bead A: warm reddish-brown with natural internal striation visible through gloss surface; Bead B: cool blue-grey to brownish-grey with natural colour variation at drill hole zone; high-gloss on both
Age Estimate — New (within last 20 years)
Condition — No cracks or chips observed on either bead (independent finding); small surface mark on Bead B mid-body (Image 4) disclosed; natural agate colour variation at Bead B drill hole zone is geological, not damage
Bloodspots — Tier 3 confirmed via macro loupe photograph (Image 6); pervasive macro-constellation distribution — dense individual rust-red to dark orange-red cinnabar pinpoints throughout the cream zone with denser central concentration; cinnabar (硃砂 / zhūshā, mercuric sulfide)
Product ID — N-062426-TTBS
Collection — New Dzi Beads | Matched Pairs

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→ Sibling tiger pair in this collection:

• N-062426-3TSBS — New Three Stripe Tiger Agate Dzi Pair with Bloodspots, 39.7×13.8mm & 39.6×13.8mm

→ Other tiger motif dzi in this collection:

• V-061026-6ETTBS — Vintage Six Eye & Tiger Tooth Dzi with Bloodspots, 49.1×12.3mm
• N-060726-DTT-BR — New Double Tiger Tooth Bracelet

→ Other matched pairs in this collection:

• V-060426-DWP — Vintage Round Double Wave Pair, chocolate-brown
• V-060826-DWP2 — Vintage Round Double Wave Pair, pitch-black

→ What Are Dzi Beads? History, Meaning & Authentication
→ Antique, Ancient, Vintage, and New: How We Grade Our Dzi Beads

Every bead at Ancient Dzi Shop is photographed without retouching or digital enhancement. The colour, surface, and condition shown are those of the actual pieces you will receive.

✦ All photographs on this page are unretouched. What you see is what you receive. ✦

All 6 product images are unretouched. Image 6 is a macro loupe photograph documenting the bloodspot inclusions in Bead B's etching zone. Lighting may affect colour rendering; please refer to the white-background shots for the most accurate ground and motif colours.

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