This exquisite rectangular pendant by Pu Yang intricately depicts a traditional Chinese mountain-and-river scene using Cowell black jade from South Australia. The composition unfolds like a vertical scroll painting, with craggy cliffs, flowing waterfalls, pine trees clinging to steep slopes, and mist weaving through distant peaks. The texture of the stone has been skillfully preserved and integrated into the scenery, creating a visual effect reminiscent of Chinese ink wash painting.
The compact pendant form contrasts with the expansive imagination it evokes — a landscape you can hold in your hand, yet one that draws the soul into its quiet vastness.
This piece merges classical aesthetics with contemporary craftsmanship, transforming the pendant into a poetic object of contemplation and spiritual grounding.
