{"product_id":"pixiu-sutra-ring-hisho","title":"Pixiu Sutra Ring 'Hisho'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSilver band with a gold winged lion, lettered in kanji or hiragana\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small gold beast on a silver band. This ring is a silver band carved round with cloud scrolls and a lettered border, with a small winged lion in gold set at the front, and a text engraved inside the band. It comes in two versions that differ in the lettering, one in kanji and one in hiragana, and the beast is the same on both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the ring in the collection with the most detail at the smallest scale, and the gold lion is about the size of a grain of rice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hisho, is flight, the lion's wings, and the beast is the winged guardian that sits at the gates of temples and treasuries across East Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band is sterling silver, stamped 925 inside the band, about 8 mm wide, carved in relief and darkened in the recesses, with the lion cast separately in a gold-toned finish and set into the front. The band is open and springs a little.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it on the middle or ring finger of either hand, on its own or next to the cloud band in the collection, which it shares a pattern with. It goes with anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lettering round the band is the detail that decides the version: the kanji version carries characters, the hiragana version carries the phonetic script, and both say the same thing. The text inside is a short protective phrase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a silver band with a gold dot. From close the dot is a lion with wings, the band shows its clouds and its letters, and the inside its text. It is the ring for a person who wants a guardian and wants it small.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery ring in the collection is photographed on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare with each other: what looks big here is big on the hand. The measurements given are taken across the face, not round the finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilver darkens with time and skin, and this ring is meant to: the recesses are already blackened so the relief reads, and the high points polish themselves against your hand. Wipe with a soft cloth; a silver cloth brings the shine back when you want it. Take it off for the sea and the shower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band is open at the back and springs a little, so one size fits most hands: slide it on and it settles. It can be eased wider or narrower by hand once to set it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Adjustable \/ Kanji","offer_id":59208019673436,"sku":"200000369:200001539;200001034:361181#Vajra","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Adjustable \/ Hiragana","offer_id":59208019706204,"sku":"200000369:200001539;200001034:361187#Brave Troops","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/pixiu-sutra-ring-hisho-1.jpg?v=1790584440","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/pixiu-sutra-ring-hisho","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}