{"product_id":"vintage-benefactor-dzi-bead-bloodspots-pitch-black-36mm-v-090126-benbs","title":"Benefactor Dzi Bead with Bloodspots, 36.3×11.9mm, Pitch-Black Agate, 1980s Taiwan (V-090126-BENBS)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🌟 \u003cstrong\u003eAuthentic Tibetan Dzi Bead | Unretouched Photos | Vintage 1980s Taiwan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe figure on this bead has its arms raised — but you only see the full gesture when you turn the bead around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFrom the primary face, the benefactor motif reads as a complete upward figure: a rounded head, two arms reaching outward and up, a body below. The cream-white etching sits against pitch-black agate with very high contrast, and the figure's gesture — open, outward, offering — is immediately legible. Rotate ninety degrees and the same cream elements resolve into a dense interlocking bracket grid that fills the full side face, the structural complexity of the motif's arms and frame visible as pattern rather than figure. Turn to the reverse and the composition reorganises again: the lower body, the stem, the curved forms. No single angle contains the whole composition. The bead has to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eUnder macro, the cream zones of the motif carry cinnabar bloodspot inclusions — reddish-orange to brick-red individual pinpoints scattered across the white etching and extending into the end-cap stripe. They are clearly visible in the close-up photographs and distributed consistently across the cream elements throughout the bead. The macro shots also show fine natural agate banding within the cream and honey zones — confirming agate material throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe ground is pitch-black agate, confirmed from flat-lit white-background photos. The drill-end caps are warm honey-brown, the stone's own internal colour at both tips. The surface is high-gloss throughout. At 36.3×11.9mm, this is a compact barrel — wider through the centre than its length might suggest, with a substantial presence in the hand. No cracks and no chips are visible in any photo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCinnabar Bloodspots (硃砂 \/ Zhusha)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMacro photography documents cinnabar inclusions throughout the cream-etched zones of this bead. Cinnabar — mercuric sulfide (硃砂, zhusha) — appears as individual reddish-orange to brick-red pinpoints distributed across the cream motif elements and end-cap stripe in a cream-zone focused scattered pattern. The inclusions are consistent in coloration and clearly distinguishable from the agate's own natural banding, which also appears in the macro shots as faint honey-toned linear striations within the cream zones. Real bloodspots cannot be added to a bead — they occur naturally in the agate, in new and vintage beads as well as old ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Benefactor Motif\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe benefactor dzi (施主天珠) carries the image of a figure with arms raised in the gesture of giving — a patron or benefactor in the act of offering. In Tibetan Buddhist iconography and cultural context, the benefactor is the one who provides material and spiritual support to practitioners, monasteries, and the Dharma. Wearing or keeping a benefactor dzi is understood to attract the qualities of generosity into one's own life — both the capacity to give and the conditions to receive support — and to connect the wearer to the merit generated through acts of giving. The motif is relatively uncommon in the dzi tradition and is valued for its association with abundance flowing in both directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\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 Benefactor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36.3mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.9mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fusiform barrel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Agate — pitch-black body with warm honey-brown at drill-end caps; agate banding confirmed under macro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage — 1980s Taiwan, made using the traditional crafting technique\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e No cracks, no chips. High-gloss surface throughout. Unretouched photos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBloodspots:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prominent — cream-zone focused scatter with extension into end-cap stripe. Reddish-orange to brick-red cinnabar (硃砂\/zhusha, mercuric sulfide) pinpoints documented under macro throughout cream-etched zones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct ID:\u003c\/strong\u003e V-090126-BENBS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollections:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/collections\/new-dzi\"\u003eNew \u0026amp; Vintage 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\/taiwan-dzi\"\u003eTaiwan 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\u003eOther Benefactor Dzi in the Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e— \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/vintage-benefactor-variant-dzi-bead-taiwan-arms-down-v-071426-bnf\"\u003eV-071426-BNF\u003c\/a\u003e — Benefactor Variant (arms-down), 27.4×12.2mm, warm dark brown, with bloodspots\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/vintage-benefactor-motif-dzi-bead-bloodspots-v-021326-benbs\"\u003eV-021326-BENBS\u003c\/a\u003e — Vintage Benefactor with Bloodspots\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther Vintage Bloodspot Dzi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e— \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/vintage-treasure-vase-motif-dzi-bead-bloodspots-v-092224-trvbs\"\u003eV-092224-TrVBS\u003c\/a\u003e — Treasure Vase with Bloodspots, 37.4×13.9mm\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/products\/vintage-six-eye-tiger-tooth-dzi-bloodspots-v-061026-6ettbs\"\u003eV-061026-6ETTBS\u003c\/a\u003e — Six Eye Tiger Tooth with Bloodspots\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/blogs\/news\/taiwan-dzi-beads-vintage-1980s-guide\"\u003eVintage Taiwan Dzi Beads: The 1980s Guide\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\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEach bead is a one-of-a-kind object. Once it's gone, it's gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🌟 \u003cstrong\u003eAuthentic Tibetan Dzi Bead | Unretouched Photos | Vintage 1980s Taiwan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll photos are unretouched. V-090126-BENBS.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ancient Dzi Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57230844231846,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/7198\/files\/VintageTaiwan1980sBloodspotBenefactorDzi_1.jpg?v=1788249820","url":"https:\/\/www.ancientdzishop.com\/zh-tw\/products\/vintage-benefactor-dzi-bead-bloodspots-pitch-black-36mm-v-090126-benbs","provider":"Ancient Dzi Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}