Jade Buddha Pendant Jade Buddhas

Buddha statues, figurines and other religious items Buddhist buy have a mythical touch and look good. This are some of the most decorative items one can place in house, a real eye catcher and the others also immediately want a similar statue. The little problem will be the price since below around $ 2000,- there are no real good carved Jade Buddha statues.

Jade Buddha statues

most of the time show a seated Buddha with soles turned upward and locked in the lotus position, the right hand in the earth-touching mudra, symbolizing the moment of enlightenment, this is the prevalent iconography of Buddha figures, only a laughing Buddha sculpture is more popular this days.

The main difference is looking at a pendant it is almost not possible to see any details since pendants are to small and most high end pendants are made from translucent material which make them shining through ironing out any details. It needs at least figurines of a minimum of around 10 cm height to see some real artwork.

Today they come made from jadeite which is the better type of the green stone, the other nephrite. Jadeite come from northern Myanmar and is often smuggled into China and Thailand.

Beside of statues, images, sculptures, figurines, there are pendants, beautiful piece of carved jade and very affordable. With many of this items Buddha peace is the idea. Sometimes a laughing Buddha or other sculpture are encrusted with gold and rubies to give a very special and expensive touch.

The market is drifting to the high end since this is were the top demand is and considering the rising purchasing power of Chinese people the wipe off the market.

Chinese have somehow a mystic connection with the green stone, a symbol for good, pure and noble and on top of that is a great jadeite Buddha. Several cultures used the mineral for different purposes such as Mayas and Olmecs in the Americas but nowhere is this green stone so deeply rooted as in Chinese culture

Ornamental plaques have been detected up to around 7000 years back in excavations of the Hsing Lumg culture in Inner Mongolia.

Over time statues where placed inside temples and Buddha statues made from the green stone, sometimes white stone appeared.

The Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai is probably the

most famous, built in 1882, destroyed in 1911 and rebuilt in 1928. Two white Buddha statues are still there, they are crafted from Myanmar Jade and have been imported from the country long time ago, in this temple there is no reclining Buddha, But its Chinese craftsmanship with is probably of the best quality in terms of carving and sculpturing which brings jade to “life”.