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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1194625, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome Zeeshan.</p><p>Those are all beautiful, and yes, they have value. The glass ones are stunning. The lovely carnelian ones are etched, a technique that goes back thousands of years. I think they are from Western Asia, although some Burmese Pumtek beads can look similar. The last ones are natural banded agate Dzi beads from Tibet or China.</p><p>The carnelian and agate beads would certainly have had a similar special importance to the akiks we know now, maybe even more so.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know it is difficult to verify the age, since there are many good repros, especially of the glass ones and the highly popular Dzi beads.</p><p>I have a feeling these are the real deal, especially the glass beads and the etched carnelians. I must say repros of these two types also have value, but not as much as the antique ones of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I know we don&#039;t have anyone on the forum who specializes in these specific types of historic beads, but maybe [USER=8267]@2manybooks[/USER] knows of someone who can help you.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/img-20191112-wa0012-jpg.213702/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/img-20191112-wa0004-jpg.213703/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/img-20191112-wa0011-jpg.213704/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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