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3 18mm Carved Cinnabar Dragon Beads Pi Xiu Bead Cinnabar Beads

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Love these beads. They are so adorably tiny. Shaped like Pi Xiu, a mythical Chinese Animal, part lion, part dragon. Sometimes people refer to these as chimera.

3 Beads
Red Beads
Cinnabar Beads
About 18mm long, 9.5mm tall and 10mm wide
About 2mm hole
Lacquer Beads
Dragon Beads / Lion Beads

Cinnabar is made with layers and layers of Lacquer which are then carved into beautiful beads and other ornamental objects. Although, in modern times we use other, safer, dyes, traditionally mercury was used in cinnabar beads to produce the bright color.

These have an oil polish finish applied during manufacturing, they may need an extra wipe with a cotton cloth before use to get residual off.

Measurements are made to the nearest millimeter.

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