Beautiful Carved Red Cinnabar Pendant Bead
Made In China
46-47mm Diameter
One Pendant
- A large and eye-catching carved Chinese pendant. Use as a striking centerpiece in a necklace.
- Unusual Chinese style carving of a dove. One side features the words "World In Love" in English. The other side features a similar sentiment in Chinese characters.
- Too large for use in earrings.
- All modern Cinnabar is either a polymer resin coating on wood, or solid resin. Our Cinnabar is solid resin. Please see our notes at bottom of listing for the full story.
- Measurements: 46-47mm in diameter. 7.5-8mm thick
- Drilled from top to bottom as shown in photo. Hole is approximately 2mm in diameter. No two pendants exactly alike in color or size. All measurements approximate, may vary by 1-2 millimeters.
- One Cinnabar Round focal pendant.
Cinnabar was developed in China as a coating on lacquerware to give wood a beautiful opaque red color. It was originally composed of highly toxic Red Mercury Sulfide. True Cinnabar can no longer be made because it is extremely dangerous. In the modern jewelry industry, the toxic pigment is replaced by a resin-based polymer that approximates the appearance of pigmented lacquer. This is sometimes called "imitation" cinnabar, but it is actually the only cinnabar you will find on the market today.
