DIA65mm, China
A matching three fish bracelet to go with the three fish necklace featured in yesterday’s blog.
The bracelet is adjustable with the sliding knot.
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DIA130mm, China
For the Something Old Something New Collectible Jewellery is the necklace of the three fish, the dushan jade fish are hang on a hand woven Chinese knots necklace.
Three fish are seen as a sign of blessing, in the East Han dyansty, when bribery was a common affair, there was a just officer named Yang Zhen. Yang was in charged of the appointment of government official, unlike the others before him, he would only appoint those who has the ability and reject those who tried to bribe him. One day, when Yang was at a low point in his life, he saw three fish jumping out of pond. He feels that the gods has understood him and blessed him with the three fish and soon after he was promoted to be one of the three top officials. The three fish became a symbol for the three top officials under only the emperor himself, in today’s terms they are the prime minister, the secretary of home affairs and the secretary of defense.
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DIA165mm, China
The figurines on this necklace used to be the ornaments of a child’s hat. A special hat would be made for the child’s birth, 100 days celebration and the first birthday. The hat is seen as a blessing for the child, depending on the gender, family social status, the design of the hat varies.
The gold plated enamel ornaments would have belongs to a hat of a wealth family. The 9 figurines are the 8 Immortals (one either side) + the god of Longevity (in the middle). The 8 Immortals are; Iron-Crutch Tie Guai Li, Philosopher Han Xiang Zi, Elder Zhang Guo Lao, Lan Cai He, Immortal Woman He Zian Gu, Leader Lu Dong Bin, Han Zhong Li and Royal Uncle Cao Guo Jiu, they are Taoist saints who are not very powerful and have a few human frailties. One of the many stories of the 8 Immortals is about their birthday wishes for the Queen Mother of the West and thus the appearance is associated with birthdays and blessings.
Here is a clip from the Xiang opera “8 Immortals birthday wishes for the Queen Mother of the West”
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DIA165mm, China
The pendent for this necklace is a jade head piece.
The idea of a head gear comb developed very early in China; the word “beauty” 美 came from a goat 羊 hat over a dancing man 大 (a man 人 with his hands extended). The concept of head gear developed into a social etiquette, a complete system was formed for ranking of officials, classes and for different occasions. When a young noble male reaches the age of 20, there will be a crowning ceremony, signifying the change from a boy to a man.
Some head pieces are secured on the hair bundle rather than as worn as a hat and this pendant is one of them.
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W90xH70mm, Hong Kong
This smart silver brooch is made from an original kirin boy pendant, a blessing pendant for the child. Legend had it that the kirin delivered the baby Confucius to his parents; by putting on the figurine of the kirin boy, the parents hope that their child will also turn out to be as bright as the scholar Confucius.
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This is a coral necklace, but dont they just look like red hot chilli?
DIA165mm, Hong Kong
A simple necklace with a handmade millefiori bead. The making of a millefiori bead is though not as simple …
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DIA165mm, China
Something Old Something New
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Fish jade pendants have been popular since the Neolithic period, Zhou, Sung, Ming, Qing dynasty and it continue till today. Fish was the probably the first stable food source before the invention of primitive farming and was chosen as an early subject matter. As linguist developed, it also attended as a symbol of “surplus“. In the Tang dynasty, it had even been prescribed to Concubine Yung Gui Fei for cooling the dry summer heat – by sucking on one jade fish a day.
The fish on this necklace are attached to the beautifully pleated collar.
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