A SPECTACULAR PYU KINGDOM / KUSHAN PERSIAN ETCHED AGATE/CARNELIAN HIGH CONTRAST LONGEVITY PATTERNED BEAD.

Diameter is 13/5.5mm

THIS BEAD HAS A SHINY SURFACE AND SOME EXTREME WEAR PATINA. THIS BEAD REQUIRED SOME ADVANCED ANCIENT CHEMISTRY. FROM A PRIVATELY HELD COLLECTION AND RECENTLY OUT OF STORAGE AFTER 40 YEARS. THIS REGION [ SOUTH EAST ASIA ] HAS AN OUTSTANDING ANCIENT BEAD HISTORY WITH MANY CULTURES OCCUPYING THE SAME OR NEIGHBORING AREAS THROUGH OUT THE LAST 2500 YEARS OR MORE. I WILL BE GOING INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CULTURES AND TIME PERIODS DURING THIS COMING EBAY AUCTION YEAR. THESE CARNELIAN AGATE BEADS ARE VERY HARD [  harness number is 6.5 ]  AND YET THEY WERE POLISHED AND DRILLED BY HAND. SEE BELOW FOR ***THESE BEADS REQUIRED A VERY A HI-TECH FABRICATION TECHNIQUE WITH MANY REQUIRED STEPS TO COMPLETE. ZERO [0] FEEDBACK EBAY MEMBERS NEED PERMISSON PRIOR TO AUCTION ENGAGEMENT.  TOP QUALITY BEAD!