Natural citrine, 186.4 carats
Total number of faces: 680
of which:
- pavilion: 380
- girdle: 60
- crown: 240
Ever-Dozing Dragon of the
Eternity reveals his dual essence
from the Emptiness, forming the
Universe.
Like precious flower, the Single
Life twinkles inside...
The stone's pavilion is divided into three zones. The outer section, closer to the girdle, consists of 60 rays, corresponding to the 60 years of a complete calendar cycle. This is the Wheel of Time, a symbol of the cyclical development of life on Earth. Closer to the center, these rays are grouped in pairs and bordered by small matte facets, as if forming the 30 petals of some magical flower. The flower is a symbol of the One Life, filling our space and manifesting in the form of living beings inhabiting the planet. The central section represents the ancient Yin-Yang symbol or the Chinese Tai Chi—the single Cause and the single Foundation of our world, dual in its spiritual and material aspects.
The crown depicts the classic Ba Gua octagon, but its eight sides are decorated with hexagrams rather than trigrams, each of which represents a specific instruction in the Chinese Book of Changes (I Ching). I won't decipher these instructions—if the esteemed viewer is interested, they can do so themselves.
