[Jade Moods - Chinese Jade Ornaments] Chinese Jade Art

Chinese Jade Art

A jade article from the New Stone Age (c. 1.7 million years - 21st century BC)

The Chinese regard carved jade objects as intrinsically valuable, and they metaphorically equate jade with human virtue due to its solidity, durability and (moral) beauty.

Many countries boast a jadeware culture, but none of them can match China's long jadeware history. In China, jadeware underwent a long process of development beginning from the New Stone Age 10,000 years ago.

The earliest jadeware found in China was a piece of serpentine stoneware unearthed at the Immortal Cave in Haicheng, Liaoning Province, dating back more than 12,000 years. The second was a small hanging jade article excavated at Hemudu in Zhejiang Province dating back more than 7,000 years. Jadeware from that period was mainly used for personal decoration. A large number of exquisite jade objects were produced 4,000 years ago. At the time, jadeware was mainly used for witchcraft and as an emblem of privilege.

 

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Posted by Amidiu to Jade Moods - Chinese Jade Ornaments at 8/29/2006 07:15:43 AM