Hello All;
On the bottom of page 2 dated (2014-06-19) is the post. Bead ID Help Peking glass? by Beadweyr. This is the earlier post I refered to about other colors. Stefany and Floor posted remarks.
Sincerely
Thomas Mercer
the photo is a modern Chinese carved wood bead.
Hi Thomas,
I'm curious about the greyish horizontal patterns on yours, consistent with unintentional "patterns" from when the glass was wound around a mandrel.
I'm bending my brain right now trying to remember the "market name" for these, but I believe they were traded in New Guinea and into Indonesia.
They have been often accepted as Chinese, but I have seen very, very similar beads on Venetian sample cards, too, so in imho, they could have been made at either...or both...places.....any conclusive evidence, anyone?
Here is a similar one or two on Picards Conterie sample card # 32.
I promise to participate more this weekend!
I want to contribute by showing my Yellow Melons that was found in Indonesia.
whether this is the same beads that Dog Bone Crazy showed is something I cant conclude.
but I have heard that the ones found in Indonesia/New Guinea contains lead, so its quite heavy. (approx 10g each more or less.)
length is 20 to 23mm.
you can find these sometimes in blue too.
Not long ago, Ornament Magazine featured a cover article on Chinese glass beads:
http://www.ornamentmagazine.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=138
Frederick
The article "Asian Glass Ornaments" part 2, China, by Robert Liu has an image of a fluted round, a smooth round, and a smooth cylinder...the text reads...
" Three wound beads from West Irian (West New Guinea): melon bead with secondary marvering. Presumed to be Chinese, the cylindrical form has not been confirmed in China. some have postulated a European origin for the melon beads: in the Charles Arquette collection of bead sample cards on display at The Bead Museum, Prescott, AZ, no. 359 is very similar to the yellow barrel bead shown here, but no close comparison has been made."
This helped me remember that the fluted ovals are sometimes called "Irian Jaya".
