953351

Burmese Jadeite Grade A Jadeite Dragon Pendant #953351

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Burmese Jadeite Grade A Jadeite Dragon Pendant #953351
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Carved from a piece of fine-grained Burmese Jadeite Jade Gemstone. The material was mined in Burma and shipped to China to make it a pendant like this. It convenys a traditional Chinese idiom 画龙点睛. Bring the Painted Dragons to Life by Putting Pupils in Their Eyes
(画龙点睛)

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-589 AC), once lived a famous painter named Zhang Seng-Zuong. He was highly praised for his fine art by Emperor Liang Wu.

One year, Zhang Seng-Zuong was asked to paint on the wall of the temple of Andong. He almost finished the painting of four dragons, in which they were breaking into a gallop in clouds. Everybody appreciated the vivid dragons on the wall. "But," asked one man," why didn't you put in the pupils of their eyes?" "Well, they will fly away if the pupils are put in." answered Zhang Seng-Zuong. But nobody believed him. They took what he said for jokes, so they still appealed to him to paint the pupils in the eyes.

At their request, Zhang Seng-Zuong had to take up his paintbrush to begin his troublesome work. After a moment of hesitation, Zhang dotted the key part of the dragons resolutely. Two of the dragons suddenly precipitated into a cloud of rolls of thunder and lightning before he could drop the paintbrush. The crowd was disordered into a mess; some lay themselves on the stomach, and some hid themselves behind pillars. A loud crash was heard and the wall toppled into pieces in the middle. ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19th</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:China</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:2.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:0.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:1.75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:0.09</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Burmese Jadeite Grade A Jadeite Dragon Pendant</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Jadeite</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Hand Carved</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Canton</td></tr>
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