Antique Carved Tibetan Turquoise Bead Turkman there is a smooth purple/beige

there is a smooth purple/beige side with more porous texture on back

One of these rings would make a nice focal pendant in a necklace

created by way of the lost wax method of bead making

Some beads are damaged

The band is narrow with granulation and twisted wire details

Antique Carved Tibetan Turquoise Bead Turkman there is a smooth purple/beigeAntique Tibetan Turquoise bead about 200 years old. 4 grams of old organic Tibetan turquoise, carved fetish with worn parallel carved lines, measuring 20mm x 16mm x 7mm thick. Well worn and loved, and increasingly rare, 2mm hole. Good green color with matrix and inclusions, this bead has character!