Jade

FOREWORD RECUMBENT HORSE Chinese, Ming Dynasty. 1 Length: 3 /2 in (9 em). The formation of the head with its marked convexity of outline resembles that of one depicted on a mural painting in a Northern Song tomb, discovered at Pai-Sha in Honan. Despite its size, this horse has a strong sculptural quality. Worked from pale green jade with light brown markings. t has been said that a single daily issue of a newspaper effort to survey the jade scene worldwide. These volumes such as The New York Times, Neue Zurcher Zeitung or Le were bigger than was necessary considering the amount of Monde contains more information than someone text included (measuring 24 x 18 inches, 61 x 46 cm, and living in the 17th century would have faced in a lifetime. weighing 110 lb (50 kg) together), and Bishop was not Jade scholarship cannot escape the information explosion interested in wide dissemination of the subject. He printed of our century. Our knowledge on the subject of jade has only 106 copies, none of which was for sale, and then des­ been radically expanded in two directions, from the past troyed the plates. The copies were sent to important libra­ and in the present, and a definitive survey bringing together ries, museums and crowned heads around the world. As the latest research from around the world is long overdue. Front Matter....Pages 1-6 Introduction....Pages 7-13 Cultural Chronology Chart....Pages 14-18 Jade: A Special Gemstone....Pages 19-41 A Chinese Chronology....Pages 42-48 Neolithic Chinese Jades....Pages 49-88 Post-Neolithic to Han Chinese Jades....Pages 89-110 Han to Song Chinese Jades....Pages 111-126 The Glorious Age of Chinese Jades....Pages 127-188 Post-1800 Chinese Jades....Pages 189-194 Appraisal of Chinese Jades....Pages 195-208 Jade of the Pacific Rim....Pages 209-220 Jade in the South Pacific....Pages 221-258 Jade in Europe....Pages 259-266 Jade in Burma....Pages 267-272 Islamic and Mughal Jades....Pages 273-296 Jade in North America....Pages 297-316 Jade in Meso-America....Pages 317-341 Some Advice for Buyers and Collectors....Pages 342-349 Public Collections of Jade....Pages 350-352 Back Matter....Pages 353-376

Covers all the major and lesser-known areas for jade production.