{"product_id":"antique-six-eye-lotus-cross-dzi-bead-bloodspots-cream-24mm-at-080926-6elcbs","title":"Six Eye Lotus Cross \u0026 Bloodspots, 24.1×10.8mm, cream-dominant agate (At-080926-6ELCBS)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🏛️ \u003cem\u003eAncient Dzi Shop specialises in authentic ancient and antique Tibetan dzi beads. Every piece is sold with unretouched photographs and honest condition disclosure.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn this bead the dark and the light have traded places — and the bloodspots found the cream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMost Six Eye Lotus Cross dzi are dark-ground pieces: black or dark brown ground carrying cream motif lines. This one inverts that relationship. The ground is cream — a warm, slightly matte cream-white that covers the majority of the surface — and the motif elements sit within it as dark brown forms: stepped cross arms in the upper zone of each face, large oval eye forms in the lower register, connecting bar structures linking them across the centre. The composition reads clearly once the reversal is understood — the dark elements are the motif, the cream is the field, and the bead reads as pale and luminous rather than deep and graphic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe cinnabar bloodspots — 硃砂 (zhūshā), mercuric sulfide — concentrate in that cream field. Under macro photography they appear as a warm reddish-brown micro-dot scatter spread throughout the cream zones, with the density rising noticeably at the boundaries where the cream ground meets the edges of the dark oval forms. The overall effect in standard photography is a cream ground with a warm reddish tone — natural cinnabar held within the pale agate across much of the facing areas — and the two macro photographs document this clearly: individual reddish-brown pinpoints in the cream, concentrating at the motif boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe bead is compact at 24.1×10.8mm — one of the smaller Six Eye Lotus Cross pieces in this collection — and the motif is proportionally scaled to the size without appearing crowded. Both drill ends show warm honey-toned agate with a clean drill hole. Macro photography also reveals fine age-consistent surface crystallisation throughout. No chips or cracks are observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Six Eye Lotus Cross Motif\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Six Eye Lotus Cross (also carrying associations with the longevity or tortoise shell tradition in Tibetan dzi) combines two of the most layered motif families in the Tibetan dzi repertoire. The six eyes (དྲུག་མིག, druk mig) are associated with the six realms of existence and with the six-syllable mantra Om Mani Padme Hum — one eye for each syllable, the bead understood as a physical embodiment of the mantra. The lotus (པད་མ, pema) framing represents purity and the arising of enlightened qualities. Together, the composition is understood to support spiritual clarity and longevity — the oval forms reading simultaneously as eyes, as lotus petals, and as the auspicious patterning of the tortoise shell, which in Tibetan cosmology represents long life and the stability of the universe itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpec Block\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMotif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Six Eye Lotus Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24.1mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.8mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Barrel, fusiform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Agate, cream-dominant ground with dark brown motif elements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge Estimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200–300 years\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good for age. Age-consistent surface crystallisation visible in macro. No chips or cracks observed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBloodspots:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prominent — cinnabar (硃砂\/zhūshā, mercuric sulfide). Cream-zone focused scatter with boundary-concentrated character around dark oval motif elements; density increases at motif boundaries. Documented in two macro photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct ID:\u003c\/strong\u003e At-080926-6ELCBS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/collections\/authentic-antique-dzi\"\u003eAntique Dzi\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/collections\/bloodspot-dzi\"\u003eBloodspot Dzi\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/collections\/all-products\"\u003eAll Products\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore more Six Eye Lotus Cross dzi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/ancient-six-eye-lotus-cross-dzi-bead-pair-ac-020124-6elc\"\u003ePair of Ancient Six Eye Lotus \u0026amp; Cross Dzi — Ac-020124-6ELC\u003c\/a\u003e — ancient pair, dark ground, for comparison with this piece's cream-dominant ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/antique-round-six-eye-lotus-cross-dzi-bead-at-121025-6elc2\"\u003eAntique Round Six Eye Lotus Cross — At-121025-6ELC2\u003c\/a\u003e — antique round piece, cream-beige ground, same ground character family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFurther reading:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/blogs\/news\/the-six-eye-dzi-bead-symbolism-and-significance\"\u003eThe Six-Eye Dzi Bead: Meaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/blogs\/news\/bloodspots\"\u003eBloodspots on Dzi Beads: What Cinnabar Dots Are\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery antique dzi bead at Ancient Dzi Shop is photographed without retouching, filters, or enhancement — what you see is exactly what you receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🏛️ \u003cem\u003eAncient Dzi Shop — Authentic ancient and antique Tibetan dzi beads, honestly presented.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll 7 product photographs are unretouched. Ground colour, motif character, bloodspot distribution, and surface age texture are exactly as seen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ancient Dzi Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56932201234598,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/7198\/files\/antique_tibetan_bloodspot_dzi_featuring_six_eye_lotus_longevity_motif_1.jpg?v=1788944355","url":"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/zh-tw\/products\/antique-six-eye-lotus-cross-dzi-bead-bloodspots-cream-24mm-at-080926-6elcbs","provider":"Ancient Dzi Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}