{"product_id":"enamel-leaping-carp-necklace","title":"Enamel Leaping Carp Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eChinese art always picks the same instant, and it is never the obvious one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is that a carp swimming up the Yellow River leaps the Dragon Gate and becomes a dragon. But nobody paints the fish before the jump, and almost nobody paints the dragon afterwards. \u003cstrong\u003eIt is always the moment in the air: committed, out of the water, and not yet anything else.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is the part the tradition thinks is worth looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich is why this fish is arched rather than swimming, tail up, over an open lotus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudents have invoked it before examinations for a thousand years, and it means promotion earned rather than luck arriving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor somebody mid-way through something they cannot see the end of yet.\u003c\/strong\u003e The fish in the air does not know either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carp is worked in red fired enamel with the lotus in blue and green beneath it, and a carved jade bud hangs below the whole arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLooking after enamel and jade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFired enamel is glass fused into metal, so the colour cannot fade or rub away, but it chips on a hard knock. Give it its own corner of the bag. Natural stone, so the tone of the bud varies piece to piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fired enamel and carved jade, gold plated silver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Leaping carp over lotus, with jade bud drop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enamel chips. Natural stone, colour varies piece to piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength: \u003c\/strong\u003e45cm \/ 18in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52442940506414,"sku":"200000226:175","price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/carp-lotus-golden-necklace-1.webp?v=1787668023","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/enamel-leaping-carp-necklace","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}