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Antique Mala Beads

Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
handcrafted natural wood (perhaps rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads with four large square-like beads called
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Japanese Temple Buddhist Monk Samurai Juzu Prayer Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
hand-crafted natural wood (perhaps Rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads. These rosary-type large prayer
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Japanese Antique Zen Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 800 Beads With Alms Bowl
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find!: 24 feet long Zen monk Mala Prayer Bead String plus original wooden alms bowl with its
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Tibetan Coral Necklace with Silver Painted Wooden Beads c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of a Tibetan Coral Bead mala / neckpiece with a stunning mix of orange & red
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tribal Antique Mala Beads

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Coral, Silver

Antique Tibetan Coral Necklace with Silver Painted Wooden Beads c. 1900
Tibetan Coral Necklace with Silver Painted Wooden Beads c. 1900
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H 15.75 in W 1.58 in D 0.79 in
Old or Antique Japanese Wooden Figurine of a Buddhist Monk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
scroll in his left hand, and a mala/juzu (rosary) in his right hand. Part of the mala has broken off
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

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Go-Mai Uchidashi Dō Tosei Gusoku Samurai Armor Decorated with an Embossed Rabbit
Located in Milano, IT
Go-mai uchidashi do tosei gusoku Samurai armor decorated with an embossed rabbit Edo period, 19th century This samurai armor is complete and original, with consistent elements...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Mala Beads

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Iron

Japanese Antique God's House "Zushi" 1800s-1860s / Mingei Wabi Sabi Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old Japanese house of God. In Japanese it is called 'zushi'. It dates from the Edo period. (1800s-1860s) The material used is cedar. It has long been a favourite...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala Beads

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Cedar

Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese Buddhist portable traveling zushi shrine altar with Amida Buddha (Amitabha) concealed inside the folded wood doors. This work dates back to the late Meiji/ E...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Mala Beads

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Metal, Gold Leaf

17th-18th Century, Edo, A Set of Japanese Samurai Armor
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A set of Japanese Samurai armor. Age: Japan, Edo Period, 17th - 18th Century Size: Height 190.5 C.M. / Width 60 C.M. Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Mala Beads

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Metal

Japanese antique white porcelain vase/1818-1900/”Iwatani ware”/rare sake bottle
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a white porcelain sake bottle made at the end of the Edo period. The name of this pottery is Iwayaki. The Yako was built in Hikino-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. (...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala Beads

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Porcelain

Edo period Japanese medicine chest
By Japanese Studio
Located in CARLTON, AU
This is a very old and rare Japanese tooling storage tansu. It was made early Edo period of Japanese cedar and its handle was made of iron. Its ultimate beauty can be seen from its r...
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala Beads

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Cedar

Edo period Japanese medicine chest
Edo period Japanese medicine chest
H 35.44 in W 35.04 in D 11.82 in
Antique Japanese Charred Narrow Side Table
Located in Asheville, NC
This incredible antique Japanese side table has beautiful lines, with front legs slightly sloping forward. It is finished in a beautiful dark black/brown charred finish. It is a narr...
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Early 20th Century Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Antique Japanese Charred Narrow Side Table
Antique Japanese Charred Narrow Side Table
H 18.75 in W 27.5 in D 11.5 in
Middle Eastern Women Face Veil Bedouin, Sinai Bedouin Desert Garment
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Bedouin women face veil, from the Bedouin tribes of the Sinai Desert. An amazing Niqab, Negev Bedouin veil from Palestine. Worked on a base of tiny silk embroidery wit...
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1910s Egyptian Folk Art Antique Mala Beads

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Textile

Antique Japanese Lacquer O-Bento Box with Gold and Silver Maki-E Decoration
Located in Prahran, Victoria
An unusual hexagonally shaped antique Japanese three-tiered o-bento box with a carrying tray decorated with a classical Rimpa style gold and silver Maki-e lacquer design of gently sw...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Lacquer, Wood

Japanese Sado ishô dansu 衣装箪笥 (cabinet of drawers) with elaborate hardware
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Exceptional, rare and completely restored wooden Sado ishô dansu (cabinet of drawers) with elaborately decorated open work iron hardware, in two sections. Fully restored, cleaned and...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Mala Beads

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Iron

Pair of Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good pair of antique Japanese large-scale Meiji period cloisonné vases. Of very rare mallet or suppressed bottle form with rich goldstone ground and phoenix decoration. Meas...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Enamel

Japanese Large Old Stone Seated Garden Buddha
Located in South Burlington, VT
Seated Buddha with mama prayer beads original paint , good garden candidate A large beautiful and uncommon style Japanese seated Buddha who is seated and clutches in his hands mala ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Mala Beads

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Stone

Vintage Moroccan Pendant Fibula Pin Brooch
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful vintage Moroccan ethnic fibula pendant or pin brooch. This Ethnic Moroccan silver pendant jewelry is enameled with yellow, green and blue with cabochon of red glass beads. ...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Antique Mala Beads

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Metal

Antique Japanese Lacquered, Enameled, and Inlaid Box With Hinged Lid, c. 1800's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Japanese lacquered box with hinged lid. The lid is decorated in gilt with red enamel and abalone inlays on a burgundy red ground. A motif of birds and apple blossoms are rendered in ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Mala Beads

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Enamel

Fox Sculpture Wirework Garden `Ornament
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A folk art, life-size, fox, wirework, garden sculpture Hand-sculpted using multiple layers of painted galvanized wire in red, white and black. Each sculpture is unique. This fox i...
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2010s English Antique Mala Beads

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Wire

Fox Sculpture Wirework Garden `Ornament
Fox Sculpture Wirework Garden `Ornament
H 11.03 in W 35.83 in D 5.91 in
Kinkozan Satsuma vase.
By Kinkozan
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Meiji period (1868-1912) Japanese Satsuma vase by Kinkozan. The vase of a slender elegant shape, depicting gilded rims with exotic mythical birds around the neck, blos...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Mala Beads

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Porcelain

Kinkozan Satsuma vase.
Kinkozan Satsuma vase.
H 22.05 in Dm 9.45 in

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18th Century Tibetan Skull Bead Rosary
Located in Hudson, NY
This 18th Century Tibetan rosary (mala) is made up of 19 carved beads of bone (including the head
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Late 18th Century Tibetan Antique Mala Beads

19th Century Gold Mounted Rudraksha Seed Pencil, Unmarked, circa 1880
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
primarily used in India and Nepal as beads for organic jewelry and malas and are valued similarly to semi
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1880s English Victorian Antique Mala Beads

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Gold

Japanese Antique Mala Beads Jizo Spiritual Guardian of Travelers
Located in South Burlington, VT
what a string of prayer mala beads and an alms bowl in his left hand and carrying a hat "kasa or
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Mala Beads

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Stone

19th Century Buddhist Prayer 'Mala' Beads, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Buddhist prayer (Mala) beads, Japanese, 19th century Japanese Buddhist prayer (Mala) beads
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
natural wooden (perhaps Rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads with customary larger "Guru" beads. These
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Antique Chinese Amber Court Necklace or Mala, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
based on the Buddhist mala, a string of Tibetan prayer beads. Legend has it that when the Emperor
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19th Century Chinese Antique Mala Beads

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Amber

Antique Yellow-Orange Amber Chinese Court Necklace, Mala, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Bergdorf Goodman, a fine intense yellow-orange translucent natural amber 108 bead court necklace, mala. The
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19th Century Chinese Antique Mala Beads

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Amber

Japanese Edo Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
natural wooden (perhaps Rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads with customary larger "Guru" beads. These
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Japanese Antique Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 1000 Beads
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find 24 feet long A huge antique communal 24 foot prayer bead necklace consisting of over
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Japanese Antique Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 1000 Beads
Japanese Antique Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 1000 Beads
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H 0.6 in W 283 in D 0.6 in
Japanese Rosewood Temple Mala Prayer Beads 800 Beads, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find 18 feet long A huge antique communal 18 foot prayer bead necklace consisting of over
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala Beads

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Wood

Vintage or Antique Emerald Green Jadeite Necklace, Mala, or Prayer Beads
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This vintage or antique necklace of emerald green jadeite beads, also known as mala or prayer beads
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mala Beads

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Stone, Jade

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Identifying an antique bead is a careful art. First inspect the bead for any seams that could indicate it was molded in a contemporary fashion. Antique beads tend to have a larger center hole. Inspect the bead for signs of natural age. An expert can help you confirm the approximate age of your bead. Shop a range of antique beads from top sellers on 1stDibs.