Jade Hulu Gourd Necklace

The hulu is a calabash gourd, dried and hollowed, once carried by physicians and wandering monks to hold medicine and water. Its narrow waist and round base gave it a second life as a feng shui charm.

The shape is the meaning: a wide mouth that draws things in, a narrow neck that keeps them from leaving. Traditionally hung for health and for absorbing what troubles a room. In jade, it reads as a quiet, rounded thing rather than a talisman.

For anyone furnishing a life with care and wanting a piece that means well.