{"product_id":"mystical-serpent-naga-pendant-fire-gilded-silver","title":"Mystical Serpent Naga Pendant – Fire-Gilded Sterling Silver Snake Necklace","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMystical Serpent Naga Pendant\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMystical Serpent series · fire-gilded S925 sterling silver with refined red copper · limited to 199\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt sits coiled inside its own circle, head lowered, a gilded ruyi in its jaws and two red flames climbing past it on either side. Silver scales, gold along the curve of the body, copper in the fire. Three metals on a disc the width of a coin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNothing about it is in a hurry. It has already settled, and it is looking back at you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e22 × 22 × 7 MM (0.9 × 0.9 × 0.3 IN) · 23 G \/ 0.8 OZ · SOLID, NOT A LOCKET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSupplied on a titanium bead chain, approximately 65 cm \/ 26 in, included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition of 199 pieces, marked on the reverse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDesign Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The head.\u003c\/strong\u003e The skull is carved scale by scale, each one raised and separate, and the eye is a natural garnet set deep into the silver. It reads as an eye first and a stone second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. The \u003cem\u003eruyi\u003c\/em\u003e in its jaws.\u003c\/strong\u003e What the serpent carries is not prey. It is a \u003cem\u003eruyi\u003c\/em\u003e — the old sceptre of granted wishes, the sign for peace and for things running smoothly. Fire-gilded, and set at the centre of the face. A creature people feared, holding out the thing people wanted most: that single detail is what lifts this from an animal to something closer to a god.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Flames in refined red copper.\u003c\/strong\u003e The two flames that rise past the head are not silver darkened to look red — they are refined red copper, worked into the piece as a third metal. Copper against gold against silver, on a surface 22 mm across, with no room anywhere to correct a mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Gold that follows the coil.\u003c\/strong\u003e Traditional fire-gilding runs along the outer curve of the body and through the cloud scroll beneath the head, so the eye is carried around the circle rather than stopped by it. The serpent wraps the full disc, scale over scale, and the tail passes behind the head to close the ring — the animal is the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. The reverse.\u003c\/strong\u003e The back is finished as carefully as the front: scales carried all the way round, a gilded line following them, and a raised plate carrying the edition mark. Seven millimetres deep and solid throughout — this piece does not open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are born afraid of snakes. The fear arrives before the thought — older than language, older than any of us. And everywhere that fear appeared, worship appeared beside it: the serpent cut into temple walls, coiled around the spring, set at the threshold to guard whatever mattered most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis one we pushed further toward the divine. Refined red copper flames rise on either side of the head, and a gilded \u003cem\u003eruyi\u003c\/em\u003e rests in its jaws — not ornament, but the mark of something that was never only an animal. It watches the way the old gods watched: without blinking, without judgement, from before we arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it keeps moving. A serpent sheds its skin and walks out of it whole. Through the forest, through the water, through one shape after another — it does not end when it changes. It simply becomes the next version of itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat is why we made it. Not because the snake frightens us, but because it is the oldest picture we have of what we are also doing: shedding, moving, becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay you shed what no longer fits, and meet each new form of yourself unafraid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis pendant is one of three pieces in the Mystical Serpent series, alongside the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mystical-serpent-cuff-bangle-fire-gilded-silver\"\u003eMystical Serpent Cuff Bangle\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mystical-serpent-ring-fire-gilded-silver\"\u003eMystical Serpent Ring\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial \u0026amp; Craftsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS925 sterling silver, hand-carved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditional 24K fire-gilding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRefined red copper flames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire-gilded \u003cem\u003eruyi\u003c\/em\u003e held in the jaws\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural garnet set as the eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 × 22 × 7 mm \/ 0.9 × 0.9 × 0.3 in · 23 g \/ 0.8 oz · solid, does not open\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitanium bead chain, approximately 65 cm \/ 26 in, included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLimited edition of 199, marked on the reverse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraditional Fire-Gilding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e24K gold foil is fused onto the surface of S925 sterling silver at approximately 900°C. Gold's own melting point is 1063°C, so the work happens inside a narrow window: hot enough for the gold to bond, not hot enough for it to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery detail is then engraved and shaped by hand under a 40× microscope. The smaller the surface, the harder it gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not ordinary gold plating: the gold is fired into the silver rather than deposited on its surface, so it becomes part of the piece — a real weight of gold, not a film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause that gold is bonded into the silver rather than laid on top of it, it does not lift, flake or wear thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe garnet is set deep into the silver and takes ordinary wear without complaint. Avoid hard knocks against stone or tile, and wipe the pendant dry after it has been in water. Nothing else is needed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kangrinboqe Sacred Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54472380907793,"sku":"BJ0012","price":1150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/9179\/4705\/files\/DSC6413.jpg?v=1787962334","url":"https:\/\/kangrinboqesacredart.com\/products\/mystical-serpent-naga-pendant-fire-gilded-silver","provider":"Kangrinboqe Sacred Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}