A couple of weeks back I was in Lhasa visiting our workshop. Buying jewelry from nomad visitors who are in town on pilgrimmage is an (entertaining) bonus.
Nomad tastes are eclectic, so their strings of beads combine "stones" which may only be a few decades old (including lots of newish dzi beads from Taiwan and Guangdong) with beads that may be centuries old. The oldest beads I have ever seen in nomad necklaces are agates in distinctive shapes from Inner Mongolia, which date back to the Liao dynasty (around 900 years old). If only they could be induced to speak...
There are necklaces in our Kempinski store made from old beads refashioned into contemporary settings.
Nomad tastes are eclectic, so their strings of beads combine "stones" which may only be a few decades old (including lots of newish dzi beads from Taiwan and Guangdong) with beads that may be centuries old. The oldest beads I have ever seen in nomad necklaces are agates in distinctive shapes from Inner Mongolia, which date back to the Liao dynasty (around 900 years old). If only they could be induced to speak...
There are necklaces in our Kempinski store made from old beads refashioned into contemporary settings.
