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Pyu striped military bead browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Hardstones: Pre AD 1000: item # 1102581 Please refer to our stock # 2392 when inquiring.
Abhaya Asian Antiques G/F, North Flat, Lot 965 Peak Road West Cheung Chau, Hong Kong Tel/Fax 852-29847509 Guest Book $450.USD |
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| Exceptionally large and finely preserved (pity its broken- viewable in enlargements) 9 band etched carnelian bead from the Pyu culture circa 300 CE to 700 CE. Describing this as a “military” bead is fairly apocryphal but seems to be the widely accepted term in bead collecting circles, and are said to indicate some sort of rank. I have two published references on these beads- Early Landscapes of Myanmar: Elizabeth Moore and Arts of Asia-Eyes on the Past: Samon and Pyu Beads in Myanmar: Elizabeth Moore and Terence Tam, vol. 38, #1, which make no mention of this. Interestingly enough, the chemicals used in making these were an alchemy process with corresponding astrological links. Provenance - Bucklee Bell bead expert/author and former contributor to the Peter Francis Bead Research Project. Scale noted in last enlargement. | ||||||||
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