An enviable collection of very attractive, Venetian-style, highly glazed cylinder-shaped Indian glass beads.
This mix of 36 pieces is hand-painted, multicoloured abstract designs, while each tubular bead is different from the others.
There’s little doubt, that this group of beads would make a healthy addition to your bead box.
Colours include olive, yellow, black, dark blue, several shades of green, orange, mustard, and among others, red.
The pieces allow for optimum creativity and temper exciting jewellery prospects – ideal ingredients for necklaces and bracelets, or to include in a bead curtain or suncatcher.
The beads are well priced at $0.444 each.
India is one of the largest bead producers in the world - with the majority of beads being produced in Varanasi – located in the northeast of the sub-continent.
Ranging from hand-carved wooden beads to tiny glass seeds, the traditional beads found in India cover a wide range of styles, materials, and treatment processes.
The beads made in Varanasi are exported in huge quantities throughout the world.
The collection weighs in at 224 grams.
The accompanying photos illustrate what to expect in your order; please note that some images have been enlarged to show detail.