{"product_id":"white-chalcedony-coin-wealth-ring","title":"White Chalcedony Coin Wealth Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe small gold disc on this ring is a cash coin, and the square hole in the middle of it is not a manufacturing decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRound outside, square inside. That is the old Chinese picture of the world: 天圓地方, round sky over square earth.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chinese money was struck that way for two thousand years, from the Qin dynasty to within living memory, so every coin anyone ever earned carried a small diagram of the cosmos through the market with it. Money and the shape of the world were the same object. That is why the coin outlived the currency as a charm, and why it still turns up on things people wear for luck with money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blue enamel curl on the other shoulder is a \u003cstrong\u003e如意\u003c\/strong\u003e cloud, which means as you wish. It is the head of the sceptre handed over in court paintings when a favour is being granted. On a money piece it is the second half of the wish: not just that it comes, but that it comes without a fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stone is white chalcedony, cut as a plain high dome and left completely undecorated. That is deliberate. Against the gold, the enamel and the two small red cabochons, the white is the quiet part that stops the ring reading as costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone building something that has not paid out yet.\u003c\/strong\u003e A business in its early years, a first salaried job, a savings target with a long way to run. It makes a straightforward gift for someone who has just started earning, or for the new year, when this is close to the standard thing to wish a person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is small enough for daily wear and the meaning stays private, since most people will read it as a white stone and a bit of gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWearing it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band is open at the back and bends to fit, so treat it as one adjustable size and avoid opening and closing it more than you have to. Keep it away from hand cream and perfume, which dull a gold finish quicker than wear does, and take it off before washing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStone:\u003c\/strong\u003e White chalcedony dome, with two small red cabochons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotifs:\u003c\/strong\u003e Square-holed cash coin and a 如意 cloud in blue enamel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSetting:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold-toned, with cloisonné style enamel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Open band, adjustable, one size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e See the photograph of it worn on a hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntention:\u003c\/strong\u003e Luck with money\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone, so colour and markings differ on every ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52650848747822,"sku":"200000226:29;200000369:200001539","price":38.33,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/white-chalcedony-adjustable-ring-1.webp?v=1789713476","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/white-chalcedony-coin-wealth-ring","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}