Triple Vajra Motif, 45.4×11.8mm, dark brown & black agate (V-070526-3VjBS)

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Three vajras run the length of this bead — but they don't all show themselves from the same angle. Rotate ninety degrees and the prongs that read as wing-arms on the front face become vertical posts; the diamond-lattice centre bars that anchor each dorje come in and out of view as the bead turns, so the motif is never fully resolved until the bead has made a complete rotation in the hand.

This is a genuine vintage Taiwan dzi bead from the 1980s. The motif is a triple vajra — three dorje/thunderbolt forms arranged in sequence along the length of the bead, each with the characteristic diamond centre-bar and flanking prongs of the Vajrayana ritual sceptre. The white motif lines are confident and well-defined, holding their crisp contrast against a ground that shifts between two distinct tones: warm dark brown across the lateral and end zones, deepening to pitch-black through the central body. This two-zone colour structure is visible across the rotation shots and gives the bead a dynamic quality that a uniformly dark ground would not.

At 45.4×11.8mm, this is a well-proportioned barrel with a slight asymmetry at the drill ends characteristic of genuine hand-production from this period. The warm grey-beige end caps confirm agate as the base material. A fine surface scratch is present on one face, visible in the photos and disclosed here; it is shallow and does not compromise the integrity of the bead.

The macro photographs document cinnabar bloodspot inclusions clearly. Warm reddish-orange to brick-red coloration is concentrated along the boundaries of the white motif lines and within the vajra-body zones, with denser saturation where the dorje prongs meet the central bar. These are naturally occurring cinnabar (硃砂/zhusha, mercuric sulfide) inclusions — valued in Tibetan tradition as evidence of the bead's living quality and authentic spiritual history.

The Triple Vajra Motif

The vajra — dorje in Tibetan — is the defining symbol of the Vajrayana tradition: indestructible, adamantine, the embodiment of awakened wisdom and the fierce capacity to sever delusion at its root. A single dorje represents this quality in one dimension; a triple vajra — three dorje forms held in sequence — extends that force across time and direction, invoking protection and clarity across past, present, and future, or across the three realms of existence: desire, form, and formlessness. To wear a triple vajra dzi is understood as an invitation for this tripled indestructible energy to accompany the practitioner through all conditions of life.

Spec Block

• Motif: Triple Vajra (Triple Dorje)
• Length: 45.4mm
• Diameter: 11.8mm
• Form: Barrel
• Material: Agate
• Age Estimate: c. 1980s (approximately 40+ years)
• Condition: Good vintage condition; shallow surface scratch on one face, disclosed and visible in photos; no cracks observed in unretouched photos
• Bloodspots: Tier 3 — cinnabar (硃砂/zhusha, mercuric sulfide) inclusions documented in macro; reddish-orange to warm brick-red coloration; boundary-concentrated along motif-line edges with denser saturation in vajra-body zones
• Product ID: V-070526-3VjBS
• Collection: New & Vintage Dzi / Taiwan Dzi / Bloodspot Dzi

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Every piece at Ancient Dzi Shop is photographed without digital retouching — what you see is exactly what you receive.

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