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SKU: TAL-1095
Stunning Antique Venetian Trade Bead Necklace Custom Berber Silver Talisman
$975.00Overall Length: 15.5″
Stunning handmade 600 year old Venetian trade bead necklace with handmade white metal focal beads, sterling silver hinged security clasp, and stunning bespoke high grade silver Berber talisman. Since the 14th century, the Venetian glass guilds were the preeminent trade bead source. These stunning beads date back to the 1800s and have travelled many continents. The high grade silver talisman was custom made by a Berber silversmith. The Arabic writing means “Allah is Great”. -
SKU: GEM-1095
Yak Bone Bead Necklace Antique Venetian Trade Beads Carved Yellow Jade Pendant
$995.00Overall Length: 17.25″
Hand knotted yak bone bead necklace with antique Venetian trade focal beads, carved “double happiness” yellow jade pendant. Sacred jade provides emotional stability and harmony with those around us. The stone of prosperity, it attracts abundance and longevity. The color yellow is an ancient symbol for joy. In Tibet, yak bone is used in making Buddhist malas (think Catholic rosaries). Since ancient times Tibetan people have revered the yak for all that this shaggy animal provides: beast of burden, fur hide, food, milk, fuel (dung). The yak also symbolizes the Buddhist tenets of impermanence and the life and death cycle and the bones are used to make all manner of items for use and trade.
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