$34,800
The best material for this bird was already sitting in the stone.
Material: Hand-carved Nephrite
Weight: 30.80g
Design: Bird pendant on a knotted cord, finished with a gold bead accent
Craft: Hand-carved nephrite, with the natural orange-brown skin worked into the bird's form
Cord: Included. Cord and bead color may vary from photo.
This piece doesn't fight its material — it uses it. The rare orange-brown skin that runs through the nephrite becomes the bird's plumage and contours, color and carving working together rather than one covering for the other. That kind of natural skin is prized precisely because it can't be replicated; the carver had to read the stone before touching it.
Part of the Nephrite Collection.
The most skilled carving knows when to follow the material, not just shape it.
