{"product_id":"sherpa-coral-collector-designer-glass-imitations-of-coral-beads-set-of-10","title":"Sherpa Coral, Collector\/Designer Glass Imitations of Coral Beads, Set of 10","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese beads are priced and sold as a set of 10 beads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe original beads favored by the Sherpa people of Nepal and Tibet were made of real red coral, but these became rare and very expensive as it was over-harvested in the Mediterranean. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy 1700 the Chinese coral imitations in lampworked wound glass from Boshan began arriving. By the mid-1800s European bead makers, especially the Czech entrepreneurs joined the party. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe former produced wound beads, while the latter specialized in moulded and Prosser beads. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis strand contains a mix: The peachy short cylinders are molded, the rest are most likely of Chinese origin.  Among these the color ranges from a true orange through red-orange to true red. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor a look at the Indian imitations of glass Sherpa Coral imitations see ASG-405\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Beadazzled.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100201312565,"sku":"ASG-418","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/4388\/1301\/files\/ASG-418.jpg?v=1783362320","url":"https:\/\/www.beadazzled.com\/products\/sherpa-coral-collector-designer-glass-imitations-of-coral-beads-set-of-10","provider":"Beadazzled.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}