Tuxedo Park Junk Shop Antique Chinese Amber Beads New Arrivals

Amber is one of nature’s best tricks. Over centuries, the golden sap hardens to create a gemstone that carries within it fragments from another time. Highly valued by the Chinese, the use of Amber in Asia dates back to 200 BC. Theophrastus and Pytheas both write of Amber circa 330 BC. Every culture globally has some reference and certainly reverence for this sacred material. This strand has origins in China and the beads are wonderfully uniform in a range of hues, though all with a clarity that receives and reflects light. 7 inches round.