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Antique shops Japanese glass bead, Antique Japanese glass bead Edo Period ca 19th cLamp worked glass beads were luxury items in.
Antique Japanese glass bead. Edo Period, ca. 19th c.
Lamp worked glass beads were luxury items in the Edo Period, and were often banned by the government's anti-luxury laws. The locations of workshops and the lamp work
techniques were kept secret.
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(Measurement shown is in centimeters)
The last picture is from my column series “traveling beads,” from the issue where this item is mentioned.
I wrote about Ainu and Edo beads.