VINTAGE TIBETAN CORAL BEAD NECKLACE - CHJ09
VINTAGE TIBETAN CORAL BEAD NECKLACE - CHJ09
ORIENT EXPRESS VINTAGE COLLECTION
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TIBETAN hand made wonderfully textured red glass beads, with the look of prestigious coral for a sacred stone for traditional style Tibetan costume.
Hand threaded by a “patwa” craftsman on black cotton. This sturdy neck piece has small metal spacers between the glass beads, and a charming loop closure, a one anna coin 1964 button. The beads are likely quite old, and the re-threading obviously occurred after 1964.
43 unique beads with silver coloured spacers, custom strung on black cotton cord.
End to end- 19.5"/50 cm
ABOUT ORIENT EXPRESS VINTAGE SILVER
Silver – Authentic antique silver pieces from India and Afghanistan
New silver handwork is not at all what it used to be, the old-world workmanship and life-markings on these unique pieces cannot be replicated.
These authentic vintage silver pieces were collected in India in the 1970's and 1980's at “street level” markets in Rajasthan, the desert state known as the “Land of Kings”. They are good real silver but were made for local villagers, before the .925 stamp was in common use for export. They were much-loved and carry the rich patina of years of wear that cannot be imitated. I have cleaned them lightly to maintain the dark oxidization that highlights their old textures.