61 - Asian Art. Tibet. Large and extremely rare 25-eye collector’s-grade magical Dzi bead, a talisman for personal protection. Length: approx. 79.6 mm. Weight: approx. 30 g. Agate or other hard stone. Carefully selected for their quality and protective power, each Dzi bead is said, according to Tibetan oral tradition, to possess unique properties related to the subject depicted. This extremely rare twenty-five-eye bead features, in five vertical rows, a fivefold repetition of the number five—a number reputed to bring clarity. The five eyes evoke lightning and thunder, which put an end to ignorance. The number twenty-five is said to symbolize the ultimate concentration of benevolent energies, which is believed to accelerate the manifestation of intentions and foster complete harmony between body, mind, and higher planes.