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Chinese Jade : The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China (Hardcover)
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• ISBN:9781602201293 • Format:Hardcover • Publication Date:2012-09-20
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- Book formatHardcover
- Fiction/nonfictionNon-Fiction
- Pub date2012-09-20
- Pages160
- EditionStandard Edition
- PublisherShanghai Press
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Presents a view of jade and its history in China from Neolithic times to the Qing dynasty. This book will help the reader to understand what jade means to the Chinese; how it is classified and described and where it is found and worked and displayed.
A comprehensive exploration of jade and its history in China from Neolithic times to the Qing dynasty.
To the Chinese people, jade is a precious stone endowed with magical properties which encapsulated all that mankind aspires to in terms of character, elegance, tranquility, purity, and virtue. The Chinese love jade not merely because of its rarity or its luster but because of a deeper aesthetic value.
Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China presents a comprehensive view of jade and its history in China from Neolithic times to the Qing dynasty. It illustrated pieces of jade that are on display not only in the Palace Museum in Beijing but in the many provincial and other museums across China. It will help the reader to understand what jade means to the Chinese in China; how it is classified and described and where it is found and worked and displayed. It has a value beyond that of a simple catalogue and places jade in its natural, and central, cultural context.
• ISBN:9781602201293 • Format:Hardcover • Publication Date:2012-09-20
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Art/Asian - Chinese, Art/History - Ancient & Classical, Art/Sculpture & Installation, Art/Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General
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2012-09-20
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