| Original Message: What I mean by "cane flakes" |
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What appear to be the result of trying to chop thin canes into tiny murrine - a lot of semi-rounds and bits more resembling chips and flakes than tiny sequins. The green beads were originally strung on Chinese-knotted silk, but the seller re-strung them in this temporary necklace. The three-sided pink beads knotted into a necklace [next set of pix in reply] appear to be Japanese, yes? Or could they be recent Chinese? Ditto the 12mm white beads. The pink chinese beads with the brown clay-lined holes are from "Jane" in Beijing on eBay, and were considered by him/her to be old. They seem consistent in style with the beads associated with old Chinese twisted wire beads in necklaces that seem likely to date to the 1920s-30s. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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