Strand of Small Chartreuse Majapahit Beads peanut beads and ornate engravings

and ornate engravings

30mm x 27mm x 6mm thick pendant with the likeness of Lan Caihe aka 蓝采和 (An Eternal Teenager) one of the 8 Immortals of Chinese mythology

Mid-late 1800's

Strand of new Indian silver beads

light-weight fluted beads made in India over 100 years ago

Strand of Small Chartreuse Majapahit Beads peanut beads and ornate engravings22" strand of small, medium, and large size (11 21mm diameter) Chartreuse Majapahit beads These glass beads are somewhere between 500 700 years old. They are lovely things made in and around Java Indonesia and traded by the Chinese all over South Asia. Nowadays they are often lumped in with other Tradewind beads. While some of the beads still have their smooth finish, most of the ones on this strand have been damaged by time and are pitted and cracked