Hand-String with Auspicious-Marked Bronze Ritual Bead + Burmese Pagoda Drilled Mantra Bead (Inner Wrist Circumference 16cm) Style D

A hand-string composed of 2 types of antique metal beads. Inner wrist circumference 16cm. 1. One Auspicious-Marked Bronze Ritual Bead. Long size. This copper alloy bead has a unique appearance. It is covered with markings resembling those imprinted after millions of mantras have been chanted in Tibet. The specific name is unknown... However, searching online reveals similar artifacts from mainland China in 2017. Mainland China refers to them as "Auspicious-Marked Bronze Ritual Beads." Major bead merchants say they have been out of stock for many years, and we only encountered them again this year.... So we brought them back to Taiwan at a high price... 2. 16 Drilled Mantra Beads from a collapsed pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar. The maximum average diameter is between 0.9-0.95cm. These are mantra beads in the form of prayer beads, known as Dalong Mantra Beads. They have been cleaned to remove oxidation and patina. The beads are a copper alloy. They contain gold, but in a low proportion. Cinnabar is added during smelting. The beads appear bright yellow in photos, but they will oxidize and darken over time if not polished and maintained. The estimated age is between the 18th-19th century. These prayer bead-style mantra beads were typically part of a strand of 108 beads placed within pagodas... Due to the humid pagoda environment, the original strings often oxidized and decomposed, breaking apart... 4200-114.05.01