{"product_id":"bone-bone-and-more-bone","title":"Bone, Bone, and More Bone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBone, bone, and more bone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA black jade Zhong Kui (钟馗, \u003cem\u003eZhong Kui\u003c\/em\u003e) pendant on the fiercest strand we've built: openwork-carved yak skull beads, cinnabar (朱砂, \u003cem\u003ezhu sha\u003c\/em\u003e) and amber accents, a modern Guangdong Dzi paired in (see \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/knowledge-base\/tibetan-vs-modern\"\u003eTibetan vs. Modern\u003c\/a\u003e: modern craft, labeled for what it is), and, the customer's own words, plastic novelty vertebrae. Yes, really. Commissioned per customer spec, and already sold. See \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/knowledge-base\/pendant-imagery\"\u003ePendant Imagery\u003c\/a\u003e for Zhong Kui himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zhong Kui is China's demon queller, the fierce face that keeps worse things away. The skull beads say memento mori in the Tibetan register. Black jade grounds the whole piece. And the plastic vertebrae say the customer had a sense of humor, and so do we.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Faint dry organics from the bone, warm resin from the amber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Substantial. Black jade cool and smooth, openwork skulls intricate under the thumb, vertebrae light and clicky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\nBead size: mixed\nPieces: pendant strand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStatus: commissioned per customer specification. Sold, 0 in stock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67767747182902,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/Bone_Bone_and_More_Bone.jpg?v=1792454853","url":"https:\/\/valhallavillage.myshopify.com\/products\/bone-bone-and-more-bone","provider":"ValhallaVillage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}