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Crouching Dragon 卧龙
$408.00 – $508.00
Handcarved work of wearable art by skilled craftsman and incredibly fitting for the year of the Dragon.
Natural Serpentine and Marble.
Inner diameter measures around 60.5mm
Fits bangle size of less than 59mm generally (I am a 58 and I can comfortably fit into it. Because of its carvings, it is more fragile than the full circular one with no carving. As such, I would recommend one size smaller for the bangle.)
Bangle measures around 9.5-10mm thick all around with flat inner circle.
Serpentine is also known as Xiu Yu 岫玉 (lit: “Jade” from the cave region) in Chinese, as the region that produced it in abundance has a lot of cave formations along its coasts.
Note: Unlike conventional gemstones, jadestones have very different colours under different lighting conditions and surroundings. Photos are taken in daylight to best represent the natural colours when worn in the day. As such, they would look different when indoors. We advise to open your parcel in the day next to the window to best appreciate your first acquaintance with your acquisition.
Description
This is a very rare piece of bangle because of its material—a mix between serpentine (the green part and possibly the somewhat translucent part on the white) with marble (the opaque white parts). I sent it to the lab for a verbal evaluation, as even the original seller of the bangle did not know what it was made of except serpentine jade! Because marble is softer on the moh’s scale, it is a delicate piece and suitable for wearing for occasions but not everyday as it would be prone to chipping. Nevertheless, it is a beautiful piece of jade carving art.
The carving is done by a very skilled craftsman, especially with the three dimensional dragon scales known as “exploding scales”. It requires a craftsman of many years of experience to execute this dragon well.
While the idea of Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is that of danger, I subverted the name of this piece to present a dragon that is like Haku from Spirited Away—A gentle and helpful dragon. And its colours resembles Haku quite a lot.
In addition, the dragon’s base form was that of a snake, and it is quite apt that it is carved from a piece of serpentine, going back to its origin.
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