Product Description
This 22-gram Lonely Stone has an exceptionally fine white jade body, with a soft, silky texture and a rich, oily lustre. Its natural orange-yellow skin spreads across much of the surface, creating a warm, luminous contrast against the pale jade beneath. The sculptor recognised the potential in this particular combination of colour and form, allowing the stone itself to inspire the image of a lotus flower rising above still water.
The pebble’s naturally elongated shape lends itself beautifully to the composition. Its orange-yellow skin brings warmth and colour to the flower, while the delicate carving at the top gives the lotus its distinctive form. Rather than imposing an unrelated design upon the stone, the artist has worked with its natural contours and colour, transforming an original seed pebble into a small, expressive work of jade art.
In Chinese culture, the lotus is admired for rising from muddy water while remaining pure and beautiful. It is associated with purity, grace, and inner integrity. These qualities give the sculpture a meaning beyond its visual appeal. The flower emerges from a natural pebble whose own distinctive character remains visible, bringing together the beauty of nature, the sensitivity of the artist, and the enduring symbolism of Chinese jade art.
Every Lonely Stone carving is unique, shaped by the qualities of a pebble that can never be exactly reproduced. This lotus is not simply a flower carved from Hetian jade; it is a creative vision born from one particular stone. For collectors, it offers something different from a conventional jade carving—a small work of art in which the original pebble, its natural skin, and the sculptor’s imagination remain inseparably connected.
Specifications
Material: Lonely Stone (single-seed Xinjiang Hetian nephrite jade)
Origin: Hotan, Xinjiang, China
Jade Colour: Fine white jade with natural orange-yellow skin
Weight: 22 g
Craftsmanship: Artistically carved into a lotus flower rising above still water, following the natural shape and colour of the original pebble
Product Details
Collector's Lonely Stone – Orange-Skinned Lotus Flower Pendant (22g) Specifications
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