Vintage Chinese carved face beads,pits,Hedaio Prayer beads Buddhist Lohan Faces
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R20.00
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R1,500.00
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- Each naturally hollow, rich brown coloured pit is uniquely carved with a Lohan head with different facial expressions and shaped eyebrows, mustaches, beards and mouth shapes.
- There is a total of 20 beads which originally would have been strung together by silk string.
- 18 of the beads represent the 18 immortals and are often used in Buddhist Malas. The other 2 beads consist of a Buddhist figure and a decorative bead.
- The art of Chinese nut carving goes back to the Song Dynasty. These prayer beads are circa 1950's
- Of the 20 beads, 1 is cracked.
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