A studio picture of S097: we film the piece you get on the scale first.
Necklaces & Pendants
Agarwood Round Bead Necklace
Agarwood Round Bead Necklace · Pure plantation agarwood · Round beads
Style S097 is a necklace of plantation agarwood. The S097 uses round beads. According to our data, style S097 is one of 15 necklaces & pendants on this site, or 8% of all 182 styles. Additionally, 168 of the 182 styles use plantation agarwood, or 92%, S097 among them. Also, one photo of S097 appears on this page. S097 ships from China through AgarwoodTown, which has traded since 2014. For example, you pay with PayPal only after you approve the video of your S097 on the scale.
Priced by weight — quoted after we weigh your piece
Style S097 · By Wang Jianyu · Updated
| StyleS097 | TypeNecklace |
| BeadRound | Bead sizeOn request |
| WoodNatural plantation agarwood | WithAgarwood only |
| PricedBy weight, after weighing | PhotosStudio image |
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Then we weigh the strand, film it on the scale, and send you its exact weight and price. So we charge nothing until you approve that video.
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Meaning in tradition
What does the Agarwood Round Bead Necklace mean?
Each S097 note below is a short reading of one bead shape, stone or motif in Chinese bead custom. In our data, 38 of the 182 styles on this site carry the round bead note, or 21%, including S097. For example, a bead name may sound like a wish, and a carved form may recall a virtue, so read each note on the Agarwood Round Bead Necklace that way. First read the single note on style S097, which covers its main material, shape or motif. Finally, the S097 notes deal with Chinese custom only, not with any promised effect.
Round bead · yuán zhū
It is also the classic mala bead. Chinese bead culture reads the round form as yuánmǎn: completeness, nothing missing. That is why it is the default shape for prayer strands.
Priced by weight
Why is this piece priced by weight?
Priced by weight means the Agarwood Round Bead Necklace has no fixed tag: the quote comes from the scale reading of the exact piece you would receive.
Grain, tone and weight change from one piece of wood to the next, even within one style. That is why we put the piece you would receive on the scale, film it, and quote from that.
Research on agarwood induction (Tan et al., 2019) describes resin in wood from Aquilaria trees that forms only after injury, in uneven amounts, and every Agarwood Round Bead Necklace shows the result. Our estimates span 0.60 to 0.95 g/cm³ for plantation wood, a spread of up to 58% between two S097 pieces of one size. Finally, the scale settles the S097 quote.
In our data, none of the 182 styles on this site has a list price, including S097.
About this piece
What is the Agarwood Round Bead Necklace?
This piece (S097) is mid to dark brown plantation agarwood. According to our data, 150 of the 182 styles on this site use mid to dark brown wood, or 82%, including S097.
You wear it round the neck. So tell us the length you prefer, and we confirm it, together with the clasp or cord, in your quote.
We turn round beads on a lathe from a single blank, then sand them smooth. As a result, the curve shows the grain as rings and flecks that change as the bead turns. So no two beads on a strand read alike.
For example, you can ask for a darker, lighter or more figured S097 before you approve the video.
Finally, S097 uses wood from Aquilaria trees grown on plantations. According to CITES, the whole Aquilaria genus, the source of S097, has sat in Appendix II since 2004.
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About Agarwood Round Bead Necklace
Each S097 answer below is a short reply to one question about the Agarwood Round Bead Necklace. For example, the S097 answers come from AgarwoodTown, an agarwood business trading since 2014. 48 of the 182 styles here, or 26%, show real photos, according to our data, and S097 has a studio image instead. First open the question you need, because each of the 2 S097 answers stands alone. Both answers assume that we weigh and film the S097 before you pay with PayPal.
What is Agarwood Round Bead Necklace made of?
Plantation agarwood, in round beads. The wood in S097 comes from cultivated Aquilaria trees; uneven resin shifts its brown colour a little.
Is the picture of Agarwood Round Bead Necklace a photo of my piece?
No. We photographed S097 once in the studio; we weigh and film your own piece separately.
