"Strong Love" Cartouche

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March 2008
Sterling silver

The characters 情比金堅 (qīng bĭ jīn jiān) in this traditional Chinese saying literally translate to "love is stronger than gold." However, in ancient China the word "gold" was used interchangably for "money," so the saying is really expressing love's dominance over greed or poverty.

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