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Belt hook

This arched belt hook is made from silvered and gilt bronze …
Jade brush pot

The dense, detailed carving on this substantial brush pot de…
Jade cicada

The cicada often appeared on birthday gifts in China, repres…
Jade cicadas

The people of the Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) appear to ha…
Jade coiled dragon

It was long believed that Chinese civilization began in the …
Jade cong

Cong , essentially tubes with a square cross-section and a c…
Jade demon mask

This powerful, half-human face has an open jaw with fangs. V…
Jade disc, or bi

Stone rings were being made by the peoples of eastern China …
Jade eye plaques

Jade has traditionally been the most highly prized of all ma…
Jade figure of a crouching animal

The people of the Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) believed tha…
Jade figure of a horse

This impressive horse belongs to a small group of carved jad…
Jade figure of a standing man

Small carvings of human figures were made intermittently dur…
Jade hair ornament

This hair ornament was used to hold a hair bun, or topknot, …
Jade ornament for a weapon hilt

Jade sword fittings of the Eastern Zhou period (770-221 BC) …
Jade ornament for the top of an axe shaft

Whereas graves of the Hongshan culture (about 3800-2700 BC) …
Jade ornament in the shape of a flying deity

This small figure is carved in openwork. His body, shown fly…
Jade pendant in the shape of an animal face

During the Shang (about 1500-1050 BC) and early Western Zhou…
Jade pendants in the form of dragons

Apart from variation in the alteration of the stones, these …
Jade pendants in the form of stags

These two animals are very similar; their only significant d…
Jade rhyton

This cup takes the form of the traditional horn-shaped rhyt…
Jade slit rings (jue)

Slit rings, later named jue , along with discs, rings and ar…
Lobed jade cup

Relatively few vessels were made of jade in the early period…
Knife

The jade handle of this small knife is decorated in the styl…
Jade figure of an eagle warrior

The Mexica had two prestigious orders of warriors: the jagua…
Jade perforator

Perforators were used in self-sacrifice rites, which involve…
Jade plaque of a Maya king

Architecture, ceramics and other lines of evidence indicate …
Archaistic jade gui (ritual sceptre)

A gui , a rectangular tablet with a pointed end, was an embl…
Archaistic jade ring

Archaism (Chinese: fang-gu ) is an important aspect of Chine…
Jade bi

The Qianlong emperor (reigned 1736-95) was a great collector…
Jade cong

A group of Neolithic peoples grouped today as the Liangzhu c…
Jade dish

Jade has always been highly prized in China, for its rarity,…
Jade face

This jade carving combines a human-like face with large tusk…
Jade ge

China had a large stone industry in Neolithic times. As earl…
Jade headdress ornament

This is an exceptionally well carved example of a type of he…
Jade mountain

Reproduction of the world in miniature is a recurring theme …
Jade ornament

These four discs of jade were for the decoration of a belt o…
Jade pendant in the shape of a dragon

In ancient China, jade pendants were strung with beads to ma…
Jade phoenix ornament

In Western legend, the phoenix, or Red Bird, rises from the …
Jade plaques

This set of ornately carved belt plaques comprises sixteen p…
Jade reaping knife

This massive ritual implement is made in the shape of a harv…
Jade figurine of Tlaloc

This figurine was carved by Mixtec artisans and represents T…
Jade pectoral

This pectoral (chest ornament), broken on both sides, was ca…
Jade portrait head inscribed with glyphs

This Maya head was carved from a single block of jade. The e…
Jade votive axe

The Olmec fashioned votive axes in the form of figures carve…
Cloisonné mandala

This miniature building represents a Buddhist mandala in t…
Carved jade terrapin

This large jade terrapin is carved from a single piece of gr…
Jade cup of Ulugh Beg

The handle of this cup is carved as a chi , or hornless Chin…
Jade thumb-ring

This is an archer's thumb-ring, designed to protect the thum…
Two jade bases for a huqqa pipe

These are the bases of a pair of fine huqqa pipes, no doubt …