{"title":"VINTAGE JAPAN BIWA PEARLS","description":"\u003cp\u003efrom our family collection, these vintage pearls were cultured in Lake Biwa, Japan \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"vintage-lake-biwa-wild-nugget-pearl-strands","title":"VINTAGE LAKE BIWA wild nugget pearl strands","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese 16\" strands are made of natural color pearls from Lake Biwa, Japan. The pearls have lovely silver\/grey\/pink tones and untamed shapes. The pearls range in size from 7-11mm. Price below is for one 16\" long strand. If you would like us to make this into a necklace or a set for you, please email us at the time of purchase. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pearls were part of a long held family collection. Always a fan of the unusual, Rudolf Voll (Pacific Pearls) and family started collecting cultured Japanese freshwater pearls some 50 years ago. For more information on fresh water pearls from Lake Biwa, please read Fuji's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.pacificpearls.us\/pages\/chronology?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=ac5b3a385\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003earticle \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pacific Pearls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67687104512168,"sku":"P9188\/3strandtotal","price":1530.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0042\/5152\/files\/IMG_9169_2.jpg?v=1792272150"},{"product_id":"vintage-lake-biwa-tiny-stick-pearls","title":"VINTAGE LAKE BIWA tiny stick pearls","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 16\" long strand is made of natural color \"stick pearls\" as they are known in the business originated in Lake Biwa! After the small \"cottage industry\" in Lake Biwa was no longer producing pearls, the technique used to produce \"tissue nucleated\" pearls was brought to China and gave rise to a MASSIVE industry which flooded the market with \"odd\" shape pearls. With no other widely used names for this weird shapes, the Chinese pearl producers just called them \"biwa\" (despite it being an obvious misnomer, it is still widely used as a term to describe odd shape Chinese fresh water pearls). This necklace is one of the few examples I have ever seen of ACTUAL \"stick pearls\" from Lake Biwa, Japan. The pearls measure 6x9mm x 6x13mm. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This strand is unfinished. Please let us know at the time of purchase if you would like us to knot and finish these pearls into a necklace for you. ID#P9184\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pacific Pearls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67697915297960,"sku":"ID#P9184","price":1260.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0042\/5152\/files\/IMG_9321_1.jpg?v=1792446614"},{"product_id":"vintage-lake-biwa-cloudy-nugget-pearls","title":"VINTAGE LAKE BIWA CLOUDY NUGGET PEARLS","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__description rte\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 17\" long strand of natural color pearls harvested in the 1970's in Lake Biwa, Japan. Now long defunct, this strand is part of a long standing family collection (Rudolf and Frida Voll, Pacific Pearls). The pearls in this strand have gorgeous luster and very well matched gentle nugget shapes. The pearls range in size from 8.5-12mm. This strand is unfinished. Please let us know at the time of purchase if you would like us to knot and finish these pearls into a necklace for you. ID#P9187\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"social-sharing clean\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/shop.pacificpearls.us\/products\/vintage-lake-biwa-lustrous-nugget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pacific Pearls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67697922179240,"sku":"P9187","price":1440.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0042\/5152\/files\/IMG_9325_1.jpg?v=1792447230"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0042\/5152\/collections\/IMG_9315_1.jpg?v=1792443628","url":"https:\/\/shop.pacificpearls.us\/collections\/vintage-japan-biwa-pearls.oembed","provider":"Pacific Pearls","version":"1.0","type":"link"}