{"product_id":"blue-water-jade-dragon-necklace","title":"Blue Water Jade Dragon Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eLook at the bottom right of the carving. The dragon is not chasing that ball. It is guarding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sphere with flames coming off it is the 火珠, the flaming pearl, and it is the one thing in Chinese art a dragon is never shown without for long.\u003c\/strong\u003e Depending on which century you ask it is the moon, a thunderclap, wisdom, or the whole of a person's luck compressed into a ball. What stays constant is the dragon's posture around it. Coiled, claws out, head turned back over the body. Every dragon in Chinese decoration is arranged around something it has decided nothing else is getting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the reason this creature ended up on amulets instead of on banners. \u003cstrong\u003eA Chinese dragon is not a monster and was never the thing you needed protecting from.\u003c\/strong\u003e It brings the rain, it holds the rivers, and it keeps what it has been given. Carved on a plaque and worn at the chest, it is standing over whatever you have decided matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stone is blue water jade, the trade name for jadeite that runs grey blue and translucent instead of green. Hold it up to a window and the light goes into it and stops partway, which is the quality the name is pointing at. It is a cooler, quieter stone than the usual apple green, and it suits a carving this busy because the colour stays out of the way of the relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone with something worth standing over.\u003c\/strong\u003e A new business, a first house, a family that has just got bigger, or a year where you have decided what you are not letting go of. It is a serious piece to give somebody at the start of any of those, and the meaning is legible to anyone Chinese without a word of explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dragon is also the fifth zodiac animal, which makes this a straightforward birthday present for anyone born in 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 or 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWearing jade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJade is traditionally kept on and not put away, on the belief that it settles into the person wearing it. The cord slips over the head with a pale jade bead above the plaque. Jadeite is tough but it is still stone, so take it off before anything that involves knocks, and a soft dry cloth is all it needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStone:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue water jade, carved in relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dragon with the 火珠 flaming pearl, over waves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCord:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold-toned braided cord with a pale jade bead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e See the photograph of it lying in a hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntention:\u003c\/strong\u003e Protection, of something specific\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone, so the depth of blue and the pattern of the cloudier areas differ on every pendant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52705139097902,"sku":"14:10#A","price":57.62,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/dragon-jade-protection-necklace-5.webp?v=1790062076","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/blue-water-jade-dragon-necklace","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}