Yingzhao is a study in proportion: dzi agate for the main rhythm, with one contrasting detail to interrupt it.
Product Details
The Wearing Experience
Dzi Agate has the quiet weight of stone without feeling cumbersome; changes in pattern become clearer as the necklace moves in the light.
The necklace balances the visual density of dzi agate with a cord that moves easily and does not add unnecessary bulk.
Yingzhao and the Design
Yingzhao is a divine guardian of the western sacred garden. It combines a horse's body, a human face, tiger markings, and bird wings, and travels through the four seas.
Here the Yingzhao story is reduced to its most useful visual cue: a hybrid guardian charged with watching over a heavenly garden. This particular combination carries the thought through texture and a controlled focal point.
What placed Yingzhao among the memorable beings of Chinese tradition?
Read the complete story of Yingzhao →
Care
For this dzi agate necklace, avoid prolonged contact with water, perfume, lotions and household cleaners. Remove before showering, swimming or exercise, wipe with a soft, dry cloth after wear and keep it in a separate dry pouch to protect the stone and plated details.
Jewelry is experienced not only by sight. The weight of a bead, the cool surface of stone, and the warmth wood gathers from the skin are all part of the piece.
A Jambhala piece is designed to be worn often and touched naturally, keeping its symbol—and the meaning you chose—close at hand.
We choose natural materials for their character, not for perfect uniformity. Grain, color, pattern, and surface will vary from one piece to another.
With wear, wood may deepen in tone, metal finishes may soften, and surfaces may take on subtle traces of touch. These natural changes are part of living with the piece.
Every Jambhala piece begins with a meaning drawn from an old story. You may choose it for that meaning, for a memory of your own, or simply because you want to wear it. With time and wear, the piece becomes personal.
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