Khotan white jade bowl with gold and gemstones
A bowl arrived from the Mughal court and a Chinese emperor could not stop looking at it.
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Jade
Jade Mountain of Yu the Great Taming the Flood
A mountain of jade the height of a man, carved all over with tiny figures hauling earth and channelling water: the Emperor Yu taming the flood, rendered at the scale of the flood itself. The block was a single piece of Hetian jade, dragged from Xinjiang and carved in Yangzhou over the better part of
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jade pig
This object is cut from jade, the stone the Chinese court valued above every other because it could be worked but never rushed. Jade does not bend; the car…
white jade sleeping dog
The object is a study in patience. White jade holds a polish no metal keeps, and the Imperial workshop used that slow shine to signal rank and restraint at…
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Mo Yugui
This gui tablet is cut from black jade, the stone the Chinese court valued above every other because it could be worked but never rushed. Jade does not ben…
Jasper double-cylindrical flower arrangement with animal face pattern
The object is a study in patience. Dark green (bian) jade holds a polish no metal keeps, and the Imperial workshop used that slow shine to signal rank and…
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Sapphire Sanyang Kaitai
This object is cut from green jade, the stone the Chinese court valued above every other because it could be worked but never rushed. Jade does not bend; t…
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Jade animal face pattern jade
The bi disc is a study in patience. Jade holds a polish no metal keeps, and the Imperial workshop used that slow shine to signal rank and restraint at once…
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White Jade Changyi Descendants Pei
This pendant is cut from white jade, the stone the Chinese court valued above every other because it could be worked but never rushed. Jade does not bend;…
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Jade pendant
The pendant is a study in patience. Jade holds a polish no metal keeps, and the Imperial workshop used that slow shine to signal rank and restraint at once…