“I have attached one photograph of four jade pieces that I purchased between 1972 and 1974 in Hong Kong” wrote Anthony Timbers of Farmington to the column looking for both appraisal and advice. “I was ...
Liu cut his teeth on the jade carving craft at the Zhenping jade ware plant in 1991 and has worked his way up to becoming a master who has whittled jade carving down to a fine art. He set up his own ...
Former BBC reporter Andrew Shaw is the only foreigner to have learned how to carve jade in China. Born and raised in north London, the 62-year-old’s passion for jade was ignited at the end of a ...
An artist in China has created a lavish bra made from hundreds of pieces of jade stones. Guan Qingsong, a sculptor from Yunnan in south-west China, says the piece of underwear took him three years to ...
On elegant jade pendants and charms, ladies stand at doorways and balconies, play the flute or kick up their heels in short skirts. Zhai Yiwei updates an ancient art with new ideas. Chinese people ...