"The Blue Water Lily"

Specifics of the Model

Title: "The Blue Water Lily"

Unique piece / Fantastic Universe

Total weight: 80 grams

Dimensions: Length: 62 mm / Width: 48 mm / Height: 18 mm

We manufactured all the parts in our Cordes-sur-Ciel workshop in France

Supplied with a support a glass bell with its wooden support

The water lily flower

The sculpture is in AAA Lapis-Lazuli

The weight of the Flower is 3.75 Carats

Its dimensions are as follows: Diameter: 14 mm / Height: 5 mm

The heart of the water lily flower

It is carved in yellow amber

The weight of the flower core is 0.10 Carats

Its dimensions are as follows: Diameter: 4.2 mm / Height: 0.8 mm

The water lily leaf

She is sculpted in a Fuchsite

The weight of the sheet is 10.10 Carats

Its dimensions are as follows: Width: 20 mm / Height: 2.7 mm / Depth: 23 mm

The water

She is represented by Agate moss

The total weight of Agate foam is 8.25 grams

Its dimensions are as follows: Width: 46 mm / Height: 3 mm / Depth: 34 mm

The Basin

The basin is in brown Agate

The weight of the basin is 69 grams

Its dimensions are as follows: Width: 62 mm / Height: 18 mm / Depth: 48 mm

Techniques used

Each fine stone is shaped and cut by our talented lapidary craftsman and glyptician. They are carved by hand using diamond tools.

We carry out in our premises the sculpture, the foundry, the setting as well as the polishing

Symbolic

The water lily

The water lily symbolizes the first appearance of life on the neutral immensity of the primordial waters (CHGH) Opening their corolla at dawn and closing it at night, it represents the cycle of life and rebirth (POSE) In the Mayan glyptic , it is a symbol of abundance and fertility.

Lapis-Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli represents among the Sumerians the celestial vault. It was for them the "stone of stones", a stone they worshiped. This gem is also "a cosmic symbol of the starry night" in pre-Columbian America (CHGH)

Its particular color "creates an aura of tenderness and sympathy around its owner" (FLAM)

Amber

Among the Etruscans, Amber symbolizes the cosmic link. This gem testified, in the eyes of these people, of the existence of a life after death (PARK). Amber represented the psychic thread connecting individual energy to cosmic energy, the link between the individual soul and the universal soul (CHGH)

Agate

According to an 11th century manuscript owned by the British Museum, agate gives strength through the water it touches and drinks. We find in different cultures the fact that water having been in contact with agate has medicinal properties

Old Beliefs

If you find a Lapis Lazuli in a dream, a situation will turn to your advantage (DERR, CANS)

If in a dream you are arguing with a third person about a lapis lazuli, you should not sign any contract lightly in the days following this dream (DERR, CANS)

Drink water in which nine pieces of agate have been soaked for three days to cure all diseases (AGAS)

To find out if an agate has magical virtues, you must throw it into boiling water: if it cools the water, you can trust it (CANS)

Sources

CHGH: Jean CHEVALIER, Alain GHEERBRANDT, Dictionary of symbols, Paris, (c) R. Laffont, Collection "Bouquins", 1989

FLAM: Elie-Charles FLAMAND, Les Pierres Magiques, Paris, (c) Courrier du Livre, 1981

PARK: Cornélia M. PARKINSON, La Magie des Pierres, Paris, (c) Flammarion, Collection "J'ai lu", 1991

GRAN: M.GRANET, Dances and legends of ancient China, 2 volume, Paris, 1926

POSE: G. POSENER, Dictionary of Egyptian civilization, Paris, 1959

CANS: Eugène CANSELIET, L'Alchimie, Paris, 1964

DERR: Denis DERRIAD, Amulettes et Talismans, Paris, (c) Solar, 1986