{"product_id":"guardian-jade-dragon-protection-necklace","title":"Guardian Jade Dragon Protection Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eEven the mouth is drilled through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook at the jaw. That row of teeth is not cut into the surface, it is cut clean out, and the background shows through the gaps. The same is true across the whole piece. This is openwork, which means the carver has taken the stone away from behind the design rather than carving into its face, leaving the dragon's body crossing over and under itself with nothing at all behind it. \u003cstrong\u003eEvery one of those openings is a chance to crack the piece, and there is no repairing jade once it goes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is why openwork costs what it does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dragon coils through its own body, head at the top right, tail wrapping back through the middle. It has real depth in the hand and reads differently from every angle, because the pierced sections open and close as you turn it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone who buys carving as carving.\u003c\/strong\u003e Here the workmanship is the reason and the dragon is almost incidental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLooking after openwork jade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpenwork is more fragile than a solid plaque, because the pierced sections are where it will go if it goes. Don't drop it on a hard floor, and take it off before anything involving impact. Handled with that in mind it will outlive you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the most difficult thing to carve in jade, and priced far below what the same work costs anywhere it is made by name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural jadeite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCarving:\u003c\/strong\u003e Openwork, pierced through, carved in the round\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCord:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60cm \/ 23.5in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone, colour and marking vary piece to piece. Openwork is more fragile than solid carving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52407260348718,"sku":"\u003cnone\u003e","price":76.86,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/guardian-jade-dragon-protection-necklace-2.webp?v=1787888898","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/guardian-jade-dragon-protection-necklace","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}