The Chinese girl ran merrily down the street after her friends under the watchful eyes of loving grandmother. Suddenly he tripped and fell headlong. The grandmother hurried forward to help the crying child, but because they have no serious damage, she comforted the girl and sent her to play again. A remarkable circumstance attended this episode family: the grandmother seemed immense satisfaction with the fact that the two small green bracelets worn by boys, aeach pulse had been destroyed beyond repair.
Because their satisfaction? Well, the little ornaments of jade, and she herself had made sure that her granddaughter wore for protection. In fact, many Chinese believe that if a person wears jade and is involved in any type of accident, the jade is broken, but the wearer will enjoy protection. No wonder, then, to note that this apparent confirmation of the grandmother, but with the faith that "I told you so" attitude!
ThisThe story helps us understand why, for the Chinese Jade "the quintessence of heaven and earth", the "crown jewels" even better than diamonds.
The Chinese came to think of jade as a supernatural origin, and therefore as something to promote sexual intercourse with heaven and propitiate the heavenly powers could be. Traditionally, they connect with their five cardinal virtues: charity, modesty, courage, justice and wisdom. Philosophers taught that jade,Swallowed in the right circumstances, would have the opportunity to live for thousands of years, the power of representation itself invisible, and the ability to fly.
Of course there are some who continue to support those beliefs, but they serve to show the high esteem he enjoyed for centuries among oriental jade. But apart from the superstition associated with jade, a stone is really beautiful. In most of Southeast Asia if you observe Chinese or VietnameseLadies dressed in their best, as you will rarely see no jade ornament somewhere about their persons.
There are two separate stones, which under this name: nephrite, a silicate of calcium and magnesium, and jadeite or Chinese jade, a silicate of sodium and aluminum. It is interesting to note that the name "Jade" from the Greek word for kidney, reflects the idea that bottom-up Jade a cure for kidney disease. The difference between jadeite and nephrite is really only important forCollectors. On the whole, jadeite is more brilliant and takes a higher polish, while nephrite looks more oily polish.
Although China has long been the old hub for art objects in jade, this material is in its natural state is rare in China. And 'status in other countries, mainly imported Turkestan. But now comes mainly from New Zealand nephrite and jadeite is found mainly in Japan, Burma, and California. Jade is often found in river beds, where it shuts off by washingthe mountains. It 'also extracted from the mountains, but the Chinese have a preference for jade river.
Usually we think of jade as spinach bright green color. However, it is available in a variety of colors ranging from pure white to yellow, red and blue to black.
Identifying Genuine Jade
Since there are many stones that have a strong resemblance to jade, how do we know when they have the real thing? If you wanted to buy a piece of jade and avoid the imitations thatpassed as genuine, the easiest way would be an expert to determine the question. Two things above all make jade unique: its density and hardness. The density or specific gravity refers to the ratio between the weight of an equal volume of water. Jadeite has a specific gravity of 3.4 or slightly less, nephrite of about 3.0. What a piece of nephrite weighing three ounces would be the same volume as one gram of water.
Provisions are based on the simple problemsPrinciple that a harder material is softer, and scrape never vice versa. So, to test a piece of jade need us, for example, a topaz. If there is no impression on the stone, then it must be real jade.
Something simple is to make a steel penknife or pin and scratch or bite to take the stone. It 'impossible to make an impression on the real jade in this way, but most imitations, it would be scored as soapstone. Of course you should not go around indiscriminatelyScratching or cutting objects of art of others. However, if you really have reason to apply this test, there is often an inconspicuous spot, for example, could be on the back or on the basis of an object, where you can try, and if it is real jade is nothing wrong. Glass can also be treated much like jade, but a piece of glass would weigh significantly less than the mass itself jade.
The price of jade varies enormously. More is not only the intrinsic value of a participantPiece. Color, shape, quality and, above all, the age and history play an important role. In 1960, a piece of jade carved in China is sold at auction for over $ 16,000. In 1860 a British expedition looted Emperor Summer Palace in Beijing and helped many of his beautiful jade. If an object is seen today with the words "from the Summer Palace in Beijing," then you can be assured of very good quality, if the tag is telling the truth.
Prices vary around the world also. In Hong Kong a jadeavailable for only $ 4. But to prevail in Europe and America generally higher prices. A line producer Jade Hong Kong, as saying that if a stone is too dark to tell, moss green or light yellow with plenty of shade, citing signs of a rock bottom. The quality of jade, she said, was lush and green, dynamic, with lots of shine to it. It should not be stained, but almost transparent.
The group of Jade
The Jade is a group of long, slow, arduous task, one in whichThe Chinese are acknowledged masters. In a workshop in Beijing constantly craftsmen worked day and night shift, and took many years to complete a piece. For two centuries at least, their methods have continued unchanged. But how do they know the job?
The first thing we need to know the issue is that Jade is not carved. Rather, it is drilled and polished. Jade boulders into pieces of suitable size with a saw. Because of the hardness of its surface Jademust be kept constantly moistened with an abrasive coated with a material harder than itself. So, in reality, the abrasive, cutting and not the saw.
Rocks are cut by more than the first, then from below, but such is the skill of the workmen that the place to merge the two sections is practically invisible. Be used by this method depends on the point from the object. The holes are made with a primitive, hand-operated diamond drill program. A steel tube is used to emptyInterior design of the vessels, abrasive and water are reintroduced and the tube is rotated until it reaches the desired depth. Then the side in the middle of the vase is a smart tap to do it given away. If an error causes Jade unnoticed in the midst of effort to break just before the desired point, the stump will be left to run on.
Some vessels are decorated with a handle on the side, and hanging out of this socket may have a ring of jade, looking more likean earring in one ear pierced. This ring was originally made up of a piece with the vessel and was drilled by the craftsman, until it hung free. Whole chains of such rings are sometimes of a stone.
Bowls are a series of parallel, vertical cuts down nearby excavated in the solid piece of jade, so that a greater number of leaves, which are then in pieces. The dish is finished on the ground formed by plates of steel and the abrasive used. Final polishingobtained by rotating discs of wood or leather and a special powder.
Use of Jade
A piece of green jade-white weight of 640 pounds taken in Beijing, has ordered the Emperor Chien Lung is a representation of a mountain landscape design. The work was completed in 1874-populated beautiful work of art, a mountain with streams, trees, pavilions, groves of bamboo, with literary scholars of the fourth century. Even larger scenes have been reproduced from BeijingCraftsmen. However, this can be seen especially in the west one, for now at the Walker Art Gallery, Minneapolis, probably the largest piece of jade, worked in the U.S..
Several other items were (members covered with inscriptions in gold brocade, jade plates and boxes of sandalwood) from Jade-thrones, beds, pillows, umbrellas, sticks, teapots, plates, books, Buddha statues and other important people fashion, flowers, combs, chess pieces,The fans, toys, opium pipes and various trinkets. In a time Jade was also used for the manufacture of tools, but it made the advent of metal tools more effective.
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