Three Diamond Eye & Tiger Tooth Dzi, 40.1×13.9mm, Pitch-Black Agate, 200–300 Years (At-090126-3DETT)

🌟 Authenticated Tibetan Dzi Bead | Unretouched Photos | 200–300 Years Old

Each of the three diamond eyes on this bead is surrounded by its own set of tiger tooth radiants — and the composition never reads the same way twice.

The three diamond eye & tiger tooth motif is one of the most geometrically dense combinations in the Tibetan dzi tradition. Each diamond eye — a white-cream rhombus with a rounded dark centre dot — is framed at all four corners by elongated triangular tiger tooth forms that point outward into the pitch-black ground. Three such compositions sit across the barrel, and because each diamond eye carries its own complete radiant frame, the total field of cream elements is large and interlocking. Rotate the bead and the configuration of visible diamond eyes and tiger tooth clusters shifts: one face shows all three diamonds in partial or full view, another resolves into a single dominant central eye with its four corner radiants spread wide, a third gives a different weighting entirely. The motif is designed for a bead that moves.

Under macro, the cream zones reveal the stone's own character — warm honey-toned agate banding runs diagonally through the diamond fields and tiger tooth triangles, visible as fine golden lines within the etching. This natural banding, internal to the agate itself, runs continuously through both the etched cream zones and the dark body, exactly as natural agate banding does. The cream zones also show age-consistent granular surface texture from two to three centuries of mineral alteration.

The ground is pitch-black agate, confirmed from flat-lit white-background photos, with warm dark brown at both drill-end caps — the stone's own internal colour at the tips, consistent with the agate's natural banding structure. The surface is high-gloss throughout. No cracks and no chips are visible in any photo.

Bloodspot inclusions are present and visible in the macro photo — natural cinnabar within the stone, highly prized by collectors.

The Three Diamond Eye & Tiger Tooth Motif

The diamond eye dzi carries a variant of the classic eye motif — the diamond or rhombus form of the eye frame is associated with heightened awareness, precision of perception, and the diamond-like indestructibility of awakened mind (vajra). In Tibetan Buddhist symbolism, the diamond (vajra) represents the unchangeable nature of reality and the indestructible clarity of enlightened consciousness. The tiger tooth (虎牙/達索) surrounding each diamond eye adds the protection and strength of the tiger — active, outward-facing power that guards the eye's awareness against negative forces. Three diamond eyes extend this combined protection and awareness across three aspects of experience: body, speech, and mind.

Spec Block

Motif: Three Diamond Eye & Tiger Tooth
Length: 40.1mm
Diameter: 13.9mm
Form: Fusiform barrel
Material: Agate — pitch-black body with warm dark brown at drill-end caps; natural agate banding visible under macro through cream zones
Age Estimate: 200–300 years
Condition: Age-consistent granular surface texture in cream etched zones, documented under macro. High-gloss surface on body. No cracks, no chips. Unretouched photos.
Bloodspots: Present — confirmed in macro photo. Natural cinnabar inclusions.
Product ID: At-090126-3DETT
Collections: Antique Dzi | Bloodspot Dzi | All Products

Other Pieces in This Crafting Tradition

— At-062126-HEBS — Heaven & Earth with Bloodspots, same crafting family
— At-062126-6DE — Six Diamond Eye, same crafting family

Other Diamond Eye Dzi in the Collection

— At-053126-3DETT — Three Diamond Eye & Tiger Tooth, carnelian
— Ac-070926-3DE — Ancient Three Diamond Eye & Tiger Tooth, cream agate, 2,000+ years

Further Reading

The Three-Eye Dzi Bead: Meaning & Symbolism
Bloodspots on Dzi Beads: What Cinnabar Dots Are
Dzi Bead Motifs and Their Meanings

Each bead listed here is a one-of-a-kind historical object. Once it's gone, it's gone.

🌟 Authenticated Tibetan Dzi Bead | Unretouched Photos | 200–300 Years Old

All photos are unretouched. At-090126-3DETT.