Pi Yao For Protection Liuli Glass Pendant Necklace
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Pi Yao For Protection Liuli Glass Pendant Necklace
One-of-a-kind, this lovely necklace features the protective Pi Yao pendant made of Liuli glasswork and hangs on an adjustable Chinese cording necklace.
The Pi Yao is a mystical oriental creature that is a particularly powerful and auspicious creature of good fortune adored by many because of its very protective, obedient and loyal nature.
This item is made from colorful crystal or "liu li" using the pate-de-verre technique, an ancient method of casting art glass predominantly used during the Art Nouveau Period. Colorful Crystal is a wonderful material attracting a huge following in Asia lately because of its exquisiteness, fine quality, distinctive luster and captivating color blend. Every piece made of genuine colorful crystal is one-of-a-kind because it is hand-crafted and hence the color mixture will never be identical. The whole process of producing a colorful crystal piece which involves creating the mold, filling, burning, cooling and polishing is very delicate and tedious and may take up to a week to complete. Furthermore, the mold used to cast it can be utilised only once before it is disposed, which explains the relatively much higher price compared with other materials.