Cool ocean blue meets ancient fire in this remarkable piece. Large speckled blue-grey jade rondelles alternate with deep red Chiapas amber rounds — one of the rarest amber varieties in the world — accented by golden amber beads and silver spacers. The strand moves like the coastline itself, a landscape of sea-grey stone and burning resin. At the center hangs a large smooth round jade disc in the same blue-grey tone as the strand, suspended on a simple silver wire — the classic form of Chalchihuitl, the sacred jade disc that appears throughout Prehispanic art as the symbol of water, life, and divine favor. Red amber was sacred in Mesoamerica for its color of fire and blood — the colors of creation. Water and fire. Jade and amber. One of a kind.
Cool ocean blue meets ancient fire in this remarkable piece. Large speckled blue-grey jade rondelles alternate with deep red Chiapas amber rounds — one of the rarest amber varieties in the world — accented by golden amber beads and silver spacers. The strand moves like the coastline itself, a landscape of sea-grey stone and burning resin. At the center hangs a large smooth round jade disc in the same blue-grey tone as the strand, suspended on a simple silver wire — the classic form of Chalchihuitl, the sacred jade disc that appears throughout Prehispanic art as the symbol of water, life, and divine favor. Red amber was sacred in Mesoamerica for its color of fire and blood — the colors of creation. Water and fire. Jade and amber. One of a kind.
