Blessings In Red

A trapezoid talisman of cinnabar on a beaded cord with red agate. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the day...

The wealth god, carved on a tablet of cinnabar. The tradition keeps cinnabar for its quiet power, a red worn against the skin for protection, vitality and fortune that stays. The god of wealth is honoured at new year in almost every Chinese household,...

A triangle of cinnabar, the name of Amitabha written in gold script. Cinnabar has been worn for centuries as a stone of protection and vitality, its deep red kept close to the skin to invite good fortune and hold it. Amitabha (阿弥陀佛) is the...

An oval of cinnabar carved edge to edge with the six character mantra. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

A cylinder bead of cinnabar, carved around with the six character mantra. In the tradition cinnabar is worn as living protection, the red believed to steady vitality and turn misfortune aside before it settles. Om mani padme hum runs the length of the bead,...

A tall pillar of cinnabar, a buddha face above and a standing monk below. The tradition keeps cinnabar for its quiet power, a red worn against the skin for protection, vitality and fortune that stays. The pairing of the serene face and the small...

A carved ring and hook of cinnabar, dragon patterning around its curve. Cinnabar has been worn for centuries as a stone of protection and vitality, its deep red kept close to the skin to invite good fortune and hold it. The hook is an...

The Pixiu (貔貅), wealth guardian of Chinese feng shui, carved in cinnabar. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the day...

A rectangular tag of cinnabar carved with the pixiu motif. In the tradition cinnabar is worn as living protection, the red believed to steady vitality and turn misfortune aside before it settles. The pixiu (貔貅) is the wealth guardian that draws fortune in and...

A small tablet of cinnabar carved with 平安, peace and safety. The tradition keeps cinnabar for its quiet power, a red worn against the skin for protection, vitality and fortune that stays. Ping an (平安) is the blessing Chinese families give most readily, the...

A phurba, the three-sided ritual dagger, carved in cinnabar. Cinnabar has been worn for centuries as a stone of protection and vitality, its deep red kept close to the skin to invite good fortune and hold it. In Tibetan practice the phurba is not...

A protection amulet of cinnabar, engraved with mantra script on both faces. In the tradition cinnabar is worn as living protection, the red believed to steady vitality and turn misfortune aside before it settles. Amulets in this form are carried as written protection, the...

The laughing buddha, seated within a flame-shaped frame of cinnabar. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the day brings. Seated...

The laughing buddha, carved standing in cinnabar. The tradition keeps cinnabar for its quiet power, a red worn against the skin for protection, vitality and fortune that stays. The laughing buddha is the tradition's figure of ease, contentment and luck that follows a generous...

A smooth hulu gourd of cinnabar, its leaf curled at the neck. Cinnabar has been worn for centuries as a stone of protection and vitality, its deep red kept close to the skin to invite good fortune and hold it. The hulu (葫芦) has...

A small, smooth hulu gourd of cinnabar on a slender cord. In the tradition cinnabar is worn as living protection, the red believed to steady vitality and turn misfortune aside before it settles. The hulu (葫芦) is the gourd the tradition keeps for gathering...

A hulu gourd, carved all over in cinnabar. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the day brings. The hulu (葫芦)...

The Horse and its guardian, carved on the two faces of one cinnabar pendant. The tradition keeps cinnabar for its quiet power, a red worn against the skin for protection, vitality and fortune that stays. In the tradition each zodiac animal has a guardian...

A hexagonal pendant of cinnabar, carved with the six character mantra. Cinnabar has been worn for centuries as a stone of protection and vitality, its deep red kept close to the skin to invite good fortune and hold it. The six character mantra, om...

A teardrop of cinnabar, finely carved with the Heart Sutra and lotus. In the tradition cinnabar is worn as living protection, the red believed to steady vitality and turn misfortune aside before it settles. The Heart Sutra is the shortest and most recited of...