Truly Auspicious

The sad thing about Chinese using Chinese (language) is that we tend to be too free-and-easy with our words. Till today, many random shiny stones are still called "jade 玉" -- do you know marble is called 汉白玉 (white Han jade)? Or a polished yellow stone is called 黄玉 (yellow jade??)?

Scientifically, there are only two kinds of jade -- jadeite and nephrite. When Master Yun started Lotus on Water, he put his foot down -- to the ridicule of many jade and jewelry dealers -- to only offer the real, authentic jade for fengshui remedies. And not just jade by the scientific definition, but the king of jade -- jadeite. And not just "A" grade jadeite which is only a passing mark, but at least score 91 jadeite that has gone through no less than 7 rounds of testing. 

That's the composition of the Heaven and Earth jadeite ring -- the top heavenly cabochon, source of power, is jadeite, and the bottom earth ring is at least nephrite

Sometimes, the easiest and most direct path is the most successful path. All the time, in fact. Yes, it takes courage and determination. And Master Yun has done it.

So in a way we are fortunate that people are more conscious about the type and quality of jade they are getting. Because someone stood for what's right.

Of course, old habits die hard. Lotus on Water has 2 well-defined categories of jadeite: auspicious collections, and exquisite collections. There are written and tangible criteria to determine which jadeite belongs to which family. Sadly, the spineless and gutless simply copy the Lotus nomenclature but threw away the essence in the words. Like how "jade" is being misused, "auspicious" and "exquisite" are thrown around by childish guerrillas -- like wet clumps of tissue thrown onto the wall, let's see what sticks.

On the left, the Lotus auspicious jadeite Thousand Hands Guan Yin pendant -- there should be available to all 5 elements; on the right, one and only, the Lotus exquisite jadeite Guan Yin pendant

The Lotus is proud of the exquisite collections in our VIP gallery. And for those of you who know me well, you know my favorite piece: this Dragon Returns to the Sea.

Once, a beloved client of mine bought a beautiful white exquisite jadeite Guan Yin from the Lotus VIP gallery -- over 300 thousand SGD. We crowned the Guan Yin pendant with a dragon and phoenix, 9 diamonds. After wearing her Lotus exquisite jadeite for a while, she couldn't resist and asked: how is mine compared to the Dragon Returns to the Sea (966k SGD)?

I said: Both are bungalows. Yours is definitely a bungalow. The Dragon Returns to the Sea, the Good Class Bungalow.

She looked at me and said: seems like the only thing left to own is this.

-- 7 years ago, this lady client started with her first Lotus auspicious jadeite. A real, solid piece of jade. Truly auspicious.

-- Kan