I dont know whether this strand of beads with eyes, masks, and also a mouth carved on them should be called eye beads, mask beads or m...

A chance encounter with this endearing pet turtle stirred me to come up with a jade bracelet made of 5 turtle shell beads and tiny round ...

    I got these very attractive, tiny pieces of antique jade from old Shanghai many years ago.   Lao keng or old mine jadeite ...

below the bell n the beads   Stillness and tranquillity.....   The bronze bell dates to the  Ming emperor Wan Li (1572-1...

.......Elephant beads..... Elephants are an important cultural icon in Asia. For centuries they have been used as beasts of burden bec...

             the le le These little odd shaped beads ( should I call them beads because they have perforations ?) had me wondering for...

...to hold and behold Here is a treasured necklace, composed of 16 old rock crystal beads and one quartz elephant bead. The crystal  bea...

        To greet Chun jie 2013 I composed this little jade snake picture from my cache of flat jade plaques. The head has a carv...