{"product_id":"ruyi-fortune-lock-necklace","title":"Ruyi Fortune Lock Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn China the chrysanthemum is the flower of the man who quit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the year 405 a minor official called Tao Yuanming walked out of his post rather than bow to an inspector and went home to farm. \u003cstrong\u003eThe line everybody still quotes has him picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it became the standard image for choosing a smaller life on purpose. Not the Western funeral flower at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fence is on the pendant.\u003c\/strong\u003e That gold panel down one side is an ice-crack lattice, the screen set into old garden walls, and the chrysanthemums grow up beside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe white agate plaque behind them is cut as a ruyi lock. \u003cstrong\u003eRuyi (如意) means as you wish\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the lock is the old charm hung on a child to fasten good fortune in place so it cannot wander off. \u003cstrong\u003eNot luck asked for. Luck kept.\u003c\/strong\u003e Which makes it the right gift for a new house, a new job, or a year somebody wants to hold on to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery petal is a cell sunk into the metal and flooded with enamel, which is why a fine gold line is drawn around each one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLooking after enamel and agate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnamel chips on a hard knock, so give the pendant its own corner of the bag, and keep perfume off the colour. A dry cloth is all it needs. Natural stone, so the tone shifts piece to piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural white agate, enamel, gold plated silver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ruyi (如意) lock pendant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chrysanthemum and ice-crack lattice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChain:\u003c\/strong\u003e 45cm \/ 18in\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\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52442936967470,"sku":"200000226:29;200000639:200661028","price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/enamel-lotus-ruyi-cloud-fotune-necklace-1.webp?v=1787822084","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/ruyi-fortune-lock-necklace","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}